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Collection of Fifty-Nine Volumes of British and American Literature

including: The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling, Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1898, cloth bound with embossed medallion and gilt lettering and design; The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1897, half bordeaux leather and marbled paper boards, with gilt lettering and design; The Works of James Fenimore Cooper, G. P. Putnam and Sons, nd, the Otsego Edition, half black leather boards, with gilt lettering and design; The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, National Library Company: New York, 1907, Edition de Luxe, this numbered 62 of 1,000, half bordeaux leather and cloth boards, with gilt lettering and design.
8-1/2" x 5-1/2" to 8-1/2" x 5-5/8"

Provenance: Private collection Lafayette and New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Fifty-Nine British and American Books

Name: Fifty-Nine British and American Books
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Price: 1600 USD
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