LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2007 October Rare Books & Manuscripts #675  / 

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Collection of 11 Miniature Books

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
Collection of 11 Miniature Books
<B>Collection of 11 Miniature Books</B></I>, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London, including:<BR><B>John Keats: </B></I><B><I>Keats’ Sonnets</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Leopold B. Hill, undated), 112 pages, brown-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (2.25” x 3.5”), marbled endpapers, gilt edges. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with minor wear at top of spine<BR><B>Walt Whitman: </B></I><B><I>A Little Book of Nature Thoughts</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Leopold B. Hill, undated), 96 pages, green-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (2.25” x 3.5”), marbled endpapers, gilt edges. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with minor wear at top of spine<BR><B>William Shakespeare: </B></I><B><I>Shakespeare’s Sonnets</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Leopold B. Hill, undated), 96 pages, brown-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (2.25” x 3.5”), gilt edges. An illustration has been cut out and glued on the front endpaper. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with minor wear on spine<BR><B><I>Love’s Treasury</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Leopold B. Hill, undated), 96 pages, brown-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (2.25” x 3.5”), marbled endpapers, gilt edges. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with minor wear at top of spine; notes have been handwritten in ink on the blank fore and end pages <BR><B>Charles Dickens: </B></I><B><I>A Christmas Carol</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Leopold B. Hill, undated), 254 pages, red-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (2.25” x 3.5”), gilt edges. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with minor wear on covers; notes have been handwritten in ink on the blank fore and end pages <BR><B>Elizabeth Barrett Browning: </B></I><B><I>Sonnets from the Portuguese</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Leopold B. Hill, undated), 92 pages, green-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (2.25” x 3.5”), marbled endpapers, gilt edges. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with minor wear at top and bottom of spine<BR><B>Peter Abelard: </B></I><B><I>The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Leopold B. Hill, undated), 214 pages, brown-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (2.25” x 3.5”), marbled endpapers, gilt edges. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine<BR><B>William Blake: </B></I><B><I>Songs of Innocence</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Leopold B. Hill, undated), 55 pages, green-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (2.25” x 3.5”), marbled endpapers, gilt edges. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with slight discoloration at bottom of spine<BR><B>A. I. R.:</B></I><B><I> The Lover’s Garland</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Leopold B. Hill, undated), 96 pages, green-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (2.25” x 3.5”), marbled endpapers, gilt edges. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with minor wear at top of spine; some acidification has occurred on the endpapers; notes have been handwritten in ink on the blank fore pages<BR><B>A. E. Housman: </B></I><B><I>Last Poems</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: The Richards Press Limited, 1930), 66 pages, green-leather binding with embossing and gold cover decorations, gold spine lettering and decorations, 32mo (3.5” x 4.75”), marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A bookplate has been attached inside the front cover. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with slight wear at top and bottom of spine; some acidification has occurred on the front endpaper<BR><B>Dom Roger Hudleston, ed.: </B></I><B><I>Revelations of Divine Love</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>(London: Burns Oates and Washbourne Ltd., 1927), 55 pages, blue-leather binding with gold cover decorations, spine lettering and decorations, 24mo (4” x 5.75”), marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Two bookplates have been attached inside the front endpaper. <B>Condition</B></I>: fine, with moderate wear on covers and spine<BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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