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GREAT BINDINGS, SETS AND A SCI-FI COLLECTION.
[BINDINGS] BRENTANOS 6 VOLUMES ON LAID[SCI-FI] SIMAK, CLIFFORD. CITY. GNOME PRESS, 1952[GRABAU] TENNYSON QUEEN MARY LONDON 1875
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CBA INAUGURAL AUCTION OF NEARLY 400 LOTS. INCLUDING: FINE BINDINGS. A selection of bindings by John F. Grabau and other Thomas Wise forgeries finely bound. From the library of Charles Cobb Walker, Boston, (1871-1950) A large collection of SCI-FI and fantasy books rescued from being forgotten in an old warehouse. Including: Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, etc. A library selection from the estate of C. Adrienne Taylor, former librarian at Wycliffe, UofT. Including Folio Society and First Editions by Canadian authors, etc. A selection of prints and engravings, and photographic albums. SPECIAL NOTE ON CONDITION AND PROVENANCE. Books from the library of Charles Cobb Walker were owned in a New England institution and have no outer markings, though a blind stamp appears on the title page and one other page in each volume marked CCW at the end of the descriptions. Each book contains at least one engraved bookplate. The science fiction and a number of the books in dust jackets were rescued from being abandoned in a warehouse for about 50 years, as such they are dusty and can have foxing, staining or mold spotting. Books from the estate of C. Adrienne Taylor can contain a bookplate inside the front cover and/or her signature. In-house packing and shipping arranged by USPS or Canada Post.
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[BINDINGS] DE MONVEL. SAINT FRANCAIS D'ASSISE: [BINDINGS] De Monvel, R. Boutet. SAINT FRANCOIS D'ASSISE. Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1921. 126pp. With 21 gravures hors-text de Maurice Boutet De Monvel. 4to, Full brown leather, simulating hinges to
0269: [BINDINGS] DE MONVEL. SAINT FRANCAIS D'ASSISEEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[BINDINGS] DICKENS. WORKS. NATIONAL EDITION 40 VOL: [BINDINGS] Dickens, Charles. THE WORKS, LETTERS AND LIFE OF CHARLES DICKES. London: Chapman and Hall, 1906-1908. 40 volumes. The National Edition, limited to 750 copies. Illustrated with plates.
0270: [BINDINGS] DICKENS. WORKS. NATIONAL EDITION 40 VOLEst. CA$3,000-CA$5,000
[BINDINGS] DICKENS, CHARLES. 3 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] Dickens, Charles. 3 Volumes. SKETCHES BY BOZ. THE CHILDHOOD YOUTH OF DICKENS. PICKWICK PAPERS. Condition report available upon request. KETCHES BY BOZ. London: Gnarlesdrebene, [Undated].
0271: [BINDINGS] DICKENS, CHARLES. 3 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
[BINDINGS] EDGEWORTH TALES AND NOVELS 18 VOLS: [BINDINGS] Edgeworth, Maria. TALES AND NOVELS. London: Baldwin and Craddock, 1832-1833. 18 volumes. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces and titles. Sm. 8vo, Half blue morocco, spine elaborately
0272: [BINDINGS] EDGEWORTH TALES AND NOVELS 18 VOLSEst. CA$800-CA$1,200Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] ELLIOT, GEORGE. 11 WORKS IN 26 VOLS: [BINDINGS] Eliot, George. 11 works in 26 volumes. Half-leather and marbled boards uniformly bound. All 8vos but one (12mo). All appear to be 1st editions. Including: THE LEJEND OF JUBAL AND OTHER
0273: [BINDINGS] ELLIOT, GEORGE. 11 WORKS IN 26 VOLSEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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[BINDINGS] EMERSON. ESSAYS. 1899: [BINDINGS] [Emerson, Ralph Waldo]. THE ESSAYS OF EMERSON. London: Arthur Humphreys, 1899. 2 volumes. 4to, Full brown morocco, gilt ruled, spine with 5 raised bands, bound by Hatchards. T.E.G. CCW.
0274: [BINDINGS] EMERSON. ESSAYS. 1899Est. CA$200-CA$300
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[BINDINGS] EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. COMPLETE WORKS: [BINDINGS] Emerson, Ralph Waldo. THE COMPLETE WORKS 12 vols. [with]: CORRESPONDENCE WITH CARYLE. 2 vols. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1883-1893; 1883. 14 volumes together. Riverside edition. 500
0275: [BINDINGS] EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. COMPLETE WORKSEst. CA$2,000-CA$3,000
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[BINDINGS] OEUVRES DE FENELON 10 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] Fenelon, Arheveque-Duc de Cambrai. OEUVRES / WORKS. Paris, L. Tenre,1822. 8vo. New edition, revised and corrected. French text. 1/4 leather and marled boards, gilt labels and decorated
0276: [BINDINGS] OEUVRES DE FENELON 10 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[BINDINGS] FRENCH 13 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [BINDINGS] French Language, an assortment of authors. Most 8vo or small 8vo. Half leather with marbled boards, gilt labels. Including: Rostand, Edmond. CYRANO DE BERGERAC., 1898. (and) L'AIGLON DRAME
0277: [BINDINGS] FRENCH 13 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$200-CA$300
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[BINDINGS] MOLIERE & VICTOR HUGO. 2 SETS IN 27 VOL: [BINDINGS] 2 works and 27 volumes sold together, including: Moland, M. Louis., OEUVRES COMPLETES DE MOLIERE. Paris, Garnier Freres, 1864. 8vo. 7 volumes. New edition. Frontispiece to volume one,
0278: [BINDINGS] MOLIERE & VICTOR HUGO. 2 SETS IN 27 VOLEst. CA$300-CA$500
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[BINDINGS] FRENCH. 2 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [BINDINGS] [French Bindings]. 2 works sold together. Michelet, J. RHERESE & MARIANNE. Paris: L. Conquet, 1891. 12mo, Half blue morocco and marbled boards by C. Champs. T.E.G. * Muller, E. LA
0279: [BINDINGS] FRENCH. 2 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$300-CA$500
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[BINDINGS] GARIBALDI 3 WORKS LONGMANS 1914: [BINDINGS] Trevelyan, George Macaulay. 3 works sold together. Uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf. Red half morocco and marbled boards, gilt rule covers, 5 gilt raised bands, gilt labels to spine, marbled
0280: [BINDINGS] GARIBALDI 3 WORKS LONGMANS 1914Est. CA$100-CA$200
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[BINDINGS] GEIKIE, C.HOURS OF THE BIBLE 6 VOL 1884: [BINDINGS] New York, James Pott, 1884. 6 volumes, uniformly bound. 8vo. Half-leather and marbled boards, 5 gilt slightly raised bands, gilt labels and decor to spine compartments, marbled end-papers
0281: [BINDINGS] GEIKIE, C.HOURS OF THE BIBLE 6 VOL 1884Est. CA$200-CA$300
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[GRABAU] 2 BOOKS SOLD TOGETHER: [GRABAU] 2 BOOKS SOLD TOGETHER. A binding by [John F] GRABAU. Koch, Theodore Wesley. READING: A VICE OR A VIRTUE, NOTES AND ADAPTATIONS. Blue full morocco, gilt rule and compartments to covers,
0282: [GRABAU] 2 BOOKS SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$300-CA$500
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[GRABAU] PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF AMERICA: [GRABAU] PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF AMERICA. The Protestant Episcopal Church of America. 2 works uniformly bound, Indian paper editions, 8vo., including: THE HYMNAL. Oxford University Press. NY,
0283: [GRABAU] PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF AMERICAEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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[GRABAU] BROWNING. SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: [BINDING] GRABAU Browning, Robert., SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE., Edinburg, George Robb & Co. 1901. 4to. Limited to 300 copies printed on Whatman paper. Full light brown crush morocco, sumptuously
0284: [GRABAU] BROWNING. SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESEEst. CA$700-CA$1,000
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[GRABAU] THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI -2 VOLUMES: [BINDING] GRABAU BENVENUTO CELLINI (written by himself). New York, Brentano's, 1906. 8vo. 2 volumes. xxx, [2], 360pp. viii, 387pp. Half-brown morocco, gilt rule to covers, 5 gilt raised bands, gilt
0285: [GRABAU] THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI -2 VOLUMESEst. CA$300-CA$500
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[GRABAU] COLERIDGE. RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER: [BINDING] GRABAU Coleridge, S.T., THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. Illustrated with tipped-in colour plates by Willy Pogany. NY, George H Doran Co, [nd] Pictorial title. Unpaginated. Full blue
0286: [GRABAU] COLERIDGE. RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINEREst. CA$1,000-CA$1,500
[GRABAU] EMERSON, R.W. MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES: [BINDING] GRABAU Emerson, R. W. MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1867. 8vo vi, 205pp. Full green morocco, gilt paneling with floral motives to covers, gilt turn-ins accenting
0287: [GRABAU] EMERSON, R.W. MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECESEst. CA$600-CA$800Lot Passed
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[GRABAU] GOLDSMITH. THE DESERTED VILLAGE: [BINDING] GRABAU Oliver, Goldsmith. THE DESERTED VILLAGE. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1888. 4to. 47pp. Illustrated with 6 etching by M.M. Taylor. Full brown morocco, covers and spine onlaid with blue,
0288: [GRABAU] GOLDSMITH. THE DESERTED VILLAGEEst. CA$1,000-CA$1,500
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[GRABAU] HOLMES, O. W. THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. 1867: [BINDING] GRABAU Holmes, O.W. THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1867. 8vo, 429pp. Full light brown morocco with elegant onliad and gilt floral designs of green leaves and cherries to
0289: [GRABAU] HOLMES, O. W. THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. 1867Est. CA$800-CA$1,200
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[GRABAU] KENT, R. DREAMS AND DERISIONS. SIGNED: [BINDING] GRABAU [Kent, Rockwell] DREAMS AND DERISIONS. Pynson Printers, NY, 1927. 4to. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by Kent. Full blue morocco, sumptuously decorated with onliad and gilt
0290: [GRABAU] KENT, R. DREAMS AND DERISIONS. SIGNEDEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
[GRABAU] LAMB, C. POETICAL WORKS OF PHILADELPHIA: [BINDING] GRABAU Lamb, C. THE POETICAL WORKS OF... Philadelphia, E.H. Butler & Co. 8vo. 117pp. Full light brown morocco with onliad and elegant gilt floral designs of leaves to covers and spine, 5
0291: [GRABAU] LAMB, C. POETICAL WORKS OF PHILADELPHIAEst. CA$500-CA$800Lot Passed
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[GRABAU] THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, 1858: [BINDING] GRABAU Longfellow, H.W. COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH AND OTHER POEMS., Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1858. 12mo, 215pp [12] Green morocco, gilt paneled covers with gilt floral decorations,
0292: [GRABAU] THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, 1858Est. CA$800-CA$1,200

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