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THB46 Books in Leather and Cloth Bindings, History and Literature
About Seller
PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveMar 11, 2025
Featuring a collection of 17 rare and important tapestries from the Brooklyn Museum, including a 15th-century millefleur and animal example, as well as a series with William Randolph Hearst provenance. Fine art highlights include four works by Bruno Zupan, Spring Landscape by Raymond Thibesart, and a lifetime collection of early René Lalique glass. The collection also features fine examples of period British furniture, early English silver from a Charlottesville, VA estate (including epergnes, tankards, goblets, and loving cups), and a fine selection of carpets, including Serapi and Oushak. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
46 volumes including: The Tour of Doctor Syntax, London: R. Ackermann, N.D., three volumes (complete) containing numerous color satirical illustrations, volume I with eight edition title page and frontispiece bound in, bound in three quarter gilt ruled red leather over marbled cloth boards, spines with blindstamped and gilt floral decoration and lettering, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, teg; The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, London: William Tegg, 1869, bound in full wave grain dark teal leather covers with gilt ruling, spines with gilt lettering and scrollwork decoration, five raised bands; Works of Charles Dickens (Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield), 12 volumes; Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, London: John Murray, 1833-1834, three volumes, containing numerous black and white illustrations, bound in full wave grain black leather, covers and spines with blindstamped gilt ruling and scrollwork, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers; Works of Sir Walter Scott (Waverley, Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, etc.), 13 volumes, Theatre des Auteurs du Second Ordre, three volumes (5, 32, & 33), The Poetical Works of John Milton, two volumes; The Life of Nelson, by Robert Southey; Annual Comic Collection of Mirth, Wit, and Gaiety, London: Published H. Riley, N.D., Huxley's Works (Crome Yellow, Antic Hay, and Those Barren Leaves), three volumes; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Samuel L. Clemens, illustrated by Normal Rockwell, New York: The Heritage Reprints, 1940; The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern, by Burton Stevenson, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935
Provenance: Property from a Private Chicago Estate
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Property from a Private Chicago Estate
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Purchased items will be available for pick up or shipping from our Asheville, North Carolina auction facility within ten business days of the auction, or will be assessed a storage fee of $5.00 per day, per item. Purchaser agrees that packing and shipping is done at the purchaser's risk and that the purchaser will pay in advance all packing expenses, materials, carrier fees and insurance charges. At our discretion, items will either be packed by an agent such as a packaging store or Brunk Auctions. Please allow two weeks for shipping after payment is received. Shipment of large items is the responsibility of the purchaser. We are happy to provide names of carriers and shippers if a purchaser so requests. Brunk Auctions will have no liability for any loss or damage to shipped items.
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- Condition
all with light wear to extremities, scattered scratches, scuffs, and small losses to leather, a few chipped spines, some bumped corners, scattered light staining and areas of light foxing throughout; Doctor Syntax, hinges cracked, volume I with scratches and tears to leather; Dickens bindings very fragile, hinges tender, several with boards detached
