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Fri, May 12, 2017 06:00PM EDT - Sat, May 13, 2017 06:00PM EDT
Lot 279

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Robert Frost (1874-1963) and John Hersey (1914-1993), Five Volumes

Estimate: $500 - $600
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Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan and Co., London, 1902. Illustrated by the Author. Very attractive full red leather binding by Bayntun, gilt decorations, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, spine slightly rubbed. Original cloth covers bound in rear, tight binding, no foxing. NF. Red cloth slipcase (no lettering). Kim, Rudyard Kipling. Macmillan and Co., London, 1901. With ten illustrations. Original red cloth, elephant's head in gilt on front cover. End papers foxed, small split to binding at title page. VG. Leather and cloth slipcase. A Masque of Mercy, Robert Frost. Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First/First. Contents clean, tight binding. Blue cloth boards clean. VG+. Dust jacket has small pieces missing, faded, not price-clipped. VG-. Leather and cloth slipcase. Hiroshima, John Hersey, Knopf, 1946. Book Club Edition. Green boards fairly clean, edges worn. Dust jacket has small pieces missing, edges worn and chipped. Red leather and cloth slipcase. Too Far to Walk, John Hersey. Knopf, 1966. First/First. Blue cloth boards foxed, Mrs. Reed's copy with her signature. VG-. Dust jacket clean, edges lightly chipped, not price-clipped. Blue leather and cloth slipcase.,