Including:
Tolstoy, Leo: War and Peace, in two volumes, translated by Louise & Aylmer Maude, with reproductions of the 19th century paintings by Vassily Verestchagin and drawings by Fritz Eichenberg - The Heritage Press, New York, 1938
Poe, Edgar Allen: The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe, in three volumes - A & C. Black, London, 1900
Vasari, Giorgio: Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects, in two volumes, translated by Gaston do C. de Vere - Alfred A. Knopf, New York & Toronto, 1996
Cervantes: The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha, in four volumes, with illustrations by Frank Brangwyn, translated by Thomas Shelton - Gibbings & Co., London, 1901
Heine, Heinrich: Sämtliche Werke, in eight volumes, in German - Rösl Verlag, München & Leipzig, 1923
Boccaccio, Giovanni: The Decameron, in two volumes, limited edition numbered 46 of 250, translated by John Payne - The Aldus Society, London, 1903
Twain, Mark: Mark Twain's Autobiography, in two volumes - Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York & London, 1924
Bierce, Ambrose: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, in twelve volumes, limited edition numbered 15 of 250, the first volume signed by the author - The Neale Publishing Co., New York & Washington, 1909-12
Voltaire: Romans, tome second, in French - Firmin Didot, Paris, 1816
Rousseau, J. J.: Julie, ou la nouvelle heloise; ou lettres, tome troisieme, in French - Firmin Didot, Paris, 1814
Voltaire: Chefs-d'oeuvre dramatiques, tome quatrieme, in French - L'imprimerie de A. Belin, Paris, 1813
Soulié, Frédéric: Le lion amoureux; Le maître d'école, in French - C. Marpon & E. Flammarion, Paris, [1902]
Alighieri, Dante: The Inferno; and The Purgatorio - J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1964
Riley, James Whitcomb: The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, volumes III and IV - Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York & London, 1916
Moore, Thomas (ed.): The Works of Lord Byron: with His Letters and Journals, and His Life, in seventeen volumes - John Murray, London, 1832
Gollancz, Israel (ed.): The Works of Shakespeare, in twelve volumes, limited edition numbered 380 of 500 - J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1899
Kipling, Rudyard: The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling, in twenty-six volumes - Macmillan & Co., London, 1897
Dickens, Charles: The Works of Charles Dickens, New Century Library edition, volumes II-XVII - Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1903
Hugo, Victor: Victor Hugo's Works, including By Order of the King, The Toilers of the Sea, Les Misérables (in two volumes), History of a Crime, and Ninety-Three - A. L. Burt, New York, c. 1900
The largest 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (120).
Condition
Individual condition reports not available for this lot. The copies of Dante with handwritten annotations throughout. The works of Poe, Cervantes, and Boccacio with significant scuffing to the cover and binding. The works of Charles Dickens with faded leather spines. All with wear consistent with age and use.
Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
