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THB54 Books in Fine Leather Bindings, Literature and History
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
54 volumes including several signed bindings: The French Revolution: A History, by Thomas Carlyle, London/New York: J. M. Dent and Sons/E. P. Dutton & Co, 1929, two volumes (complete), signed Riviere & Son bindings polished mottled calf, covers with blindstamped and gilt foliate borders, spines with blindstamped and gilt pictorial decoration, red and brown morocco spine labels, five raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, aeg; Works of Jonathan Swift (Miscellanies; Tale of a Tub; Gulliver's Travels; etc.), London: Charles Bathurst; 1747, 13 volumes, full leather; The Letters and Works of Lady Wortley Montagu, ed. Lord Wharncliffe, London: Richard Bentley, 1837, three volumes complete; Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, four volumes; The Court of the Tuileries, two volumes; Curiosities of Literature and A Second Series of Curiosities of Literature, by I. D'Israeli, six volumes total complete, The Life of Samuel Johnson, six volumes, Thomas Carlyle, A History of His Life in London, two volumes (volumes I & II, spines labelled III & IV), The Miscellaneous Writings of Macaulay, two volumes complete, Louis the Fourteenth and the Court of France, by Miss Pardoe, three volumes complete, The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, signed Riviere & Son binding; The Life and Correspondence of Charles, Lord Metcalf, signed Bickers and Son (volume II only), History of England, by Lord Mahon, signed Mansell binding, seven volumes complete, Lorna Doone, by R. D. Blackmore; The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison; Gay's Fables' and Somerville's Chase, by Rev. George Gilfillan
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; Swift with some staining to leather, particularly to spines; Memoirs of Napoleon hinges tender, some cracked; Barrie plays hinges cracked; Macaulay with notable flaking and losses at edges
