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THBEight Assorted Leatherbound Books
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
LiveJul 15, 2023
Saturday, July 15, 2023 | Lots 718-1081 | Featuring four important collections; a group of objects from the Darsie-Thomson family of Pittsburgh, PA, including a Tiffany Peony lamp, a Tiffany Jewel and Feather lamp, a steel mill painting by Johanna Woodwell Hailman, and more . . . Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
eight volumes total, comprising: John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, & Company, 1928, with dust jacket and clipped signature, in custom red chemise and half leather slip case with gilt lettering to spine; The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Robert H. Hobart Cust, London: The Navarre Society Limited, 1927, signed Zaehnsdorf binding, bound in full red leather with gilt ruled covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, teg; Memoirs of Madame Junot, London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1883, three volumes (complete), bound in three quarter brown leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, teg; The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966, First Printing Collector's Edition, illustrated by the author, bound in full green leather with blindstamped cover in gold and red, matching green leather slipcase; Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (Washington Irving), Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1882, Edition De Luxe, numbered 463 of 500, bound in full brown leather with gilt ruled and decorated covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, gilt inner dentelles, teg; The History of Don Quixote De La Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes, London: Constable and Company, Ltd., 1922, containing numerous black and white and color illustrations, bound in three quarter dark blue leather over cloth backed boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, teg
Condition
scattered scuffs to leather, some bumped corners, light wear to extremities, scattered staining and some image offsetting throughout; John Brown's Body with some staining, toning, and small losses to dust jacket
- Provenance
Collection of Constance and Lyons Gray
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