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Little Red Library Redcroft Ed. Books 1920-24 (62)

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Little Red Library Redcroft Ed. Books 1920-24 (62)
Featured in this lot are 62 Little Leather Library books from the Redcroft Edition circa 1920-1924. The Redcroft edition of the Little Leather Library has 102 unique titles with the words "Redcroft Edition" stamped on the back cover. The Redcroft edition was published between 1920 and 1924, and the books are brownish green in color and bound in imitation leather. The collection includes 62 books, with nine having a duplicate making the collection have 54 unique books in total. Some notable books in this collection are as follows - "The Gold Bug" by Edgar Allen Poe, "Sherlock Holmes" by Conan Doyle, "Through The Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll, "Dante's Inferno Vol. I" by Dante, "The Raven and Other Poems" by Edgar Allen Poe, "Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespear, "Speeches and Letters" by George Washington, "Fifty Best Poems of England", "Fifty Best Poems of America", Speeches and Addresses" by Abraham Lincoln and more. The books all show a green/brown faux leather cover with the front showing the title and author, and the back reading, "Little Leather Library Redcroft Edition". The books show good condition overall with wear present from their age and use over the years, but no signs of major damage is noted. The books measure 3 7/8" L x 3 1/8" W. The collection has a collective weight of 4 pounds and 4 ounces.