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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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[GRABAU] STEWARD, A. THE GENTLEST GIANT NY 1915: [BINDING] GRABAU Steward, Anna. THE GENTLEST GIANT. NY, The Wayne Publishing Co., 1915. 8vo. With colour plates and in-text illustrations by Dugald Stewart Walker. Signed by author and illustrator.
0293: [GRABAU] STEWARD, A. THE GENTLEST GIANT NY 1915Est. CA$200-CA$300
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[GRABAU] HAWTHORNE. OUR OLD HOME 1ST: [BINDING] GRABAU Hawthorne, Nathaniel. OUR OLD HOME: A SERIES OF ENGLISH SKETCHES. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. 8vo. xi-[9]-398, [1 ads] pp. Original spine bound in at rear. First edition, first
0294: [GRABAU] HAWTHORNE. OUR OLD HOME 1STEst. CA$300-CA$500
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[GRABAU] LONGFELLOW, H.W. NEW ENGLAND TRADEGIES: [BINDING] GRABAU Longfellow, H.W. THE NEW ENGLAND TRADEGIES John Endicott; Giles Carey of the Salem Farms. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1868. 179pp. Full brown morocco, onlaid floral motives to
0295: [GRABAU] LONGFELLOW, H.W. NEW ENGLAND TRADEGIESEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
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[GRABAU] LONGFELLOW, H.W. THE SOGN OF HIAWATHA: [BINDING] GRABAU Longfellow, H.W. THE SOGN OF HIAWATHA. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1855. 12mo, 316pp. [12] Full dark green morocco, gilt floral decoration to covers, gilt labels and decor to spine.
0296: [GRABAU] LONGFELLOW, H.W. THE SOGN OF HIAWATHAEst. CA$600-CA$800
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[GRABAU] TENNYSON, A. GARETH AND LYNETTE 1872: [BINDING] GRABAU Tennyson, Alfred. GARETH AND LYNETTE ECT. London, 1872. [10], 136pp. Full blue morocco with onlaid floral motives to covers, gilt title to spine. Generally in fine condition. Binding
0297: [GRABAU] TENNYSON, A. GARETH AND LYNETTE 1872Est. CA$600-CA$800
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[GRABAU] TENNYSON, A. BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS 1880: [BINDING] GRABAU Tennyson, Alfred. BALLADS AN DOTHER POEMS. Kegan Paul & Co, 1880. 8vo. vi, 184pp. [3] Full red morocco, gilt decoration to both covers, gilt title label and decor to spine. Binding
0298: [GRABAU] TENNYSON, A. BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS 1880Est. CA$800-CA$1,200
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[GRABAU] TENNYSON, A. THE HOLY GRAIL. STRAHAN,1870: [BINDING] GRABAU Tennyson, Alfred. THE HOLY GRAIL. London, Strahan & Co., 870. 8vo. 222pp. Full blue morocco with onliad and gilt designs to covers and spine, spine gilt ruled in six compartmentsg
0299: [GRABAU] TENNYSON, A. THE HOLY GRAIL. STRAHAN,1870Est. CA$800-CA$1,200
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[GRABAU] TENNYSON QUEEN MARY LONDON 1875: [BINDING] GRABAU Tennyson, Alfred., QUEEN MARY., London, Henry S King & Son. 8v0, viii, 278pp [9] Full blue morocco, front cover with elegant onlaid and gilt interlacing floral designs of green
0300: [GRABAU] TENNYSON QUEEN MARY LONDON 1875Est. CA$800-CA$1,200
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[BINDINGS] LARGE BOOK FRAGMENT. 16TH CENTURY: [BINDINGS] LARGE FRAGMENT OF A BOOK BINDING., 16th century. Folio. Notched spine with string. Rare and unusual. Condition report available upon request.
0301: [BINDINGS] LARGE BOOK FRAGMENT. 16TH CENTURYEst. CA$40-CA$80
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[BINDINGS] ORATIONS AND LITERATURE 10 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] Orations. 4 works in 10 volumes. Small 8vo. Mostly full leather with varying degrees of condition, Including: Adams, Charles Kendall. REPRESENTATIVE BRITISH ORATIONS. NY and London,
0302: [BINDINGS] ORATIONS AND LITERATURE 10 VOLUMESEst. CA$100-CA$200
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[BINDINGS] MISC LEATHER 12 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] [Miscellaneous] A lot of 12 volumes sold together. 4to and smaller. Full or half leather, various imperfections. Including: OLD TIMES SHIPS OF SALEM., Salem, Essex institute, 1922.*
0303: [BINDINGS] MISC LEATHER 12 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300
[BINDINGS] SHELLEYS & CHARLES READE SELECTED WORKS: [BINDINGS] Shelley, Percy Bysshe. 3 works in 13 volumes sold together. 8vo and smaller. Half leather and marbled boards, gilt labels and decoration to spine, marbled endpapers, including: Shepherd,
0304: [BINDINGS] SHELLEYS & CHARLES READE SELECTED WORKSEst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] 12 VOLUMES: [LEATHER BINDINGS] 12 volumes sold together. 8vo. Leather. Generally very good. Including: Cowper, William. THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM CIWPER, New York: d. Appleton & Co, 1854. * Rogers,
0305: [BINDINGS] 12 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[BINDINGS] DECORATIVE CLOTH 9 VOLUMES: [DECORATIVE CLOTH ] 9 volumes including: Blackmore, R.D. LORNA DOONE. [No place]: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1902. 8vo. 560pp. * Cotes, Everard, Mrs. THOSE DELIGHTFUL AMERICANS. New York: D.
0306: [BINDINGS] DECORATIVE CLOTH 9 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[BINDINGS] LEATHER 27 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHER: [BINDINGS] 8vo. Israeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield. THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI, THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD. Marbled boards. Volumes 11, 111, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII, X1V, XV11, XX. Seventeen
0307: [BINDINGS] LEATHER 27 VOLUMES SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$100-CA$200
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[BINDINGS] ENGLISH AUTHORS. 13 VOL FULL LEATHER: [BINDINGS] Early English authors. 13 volumes uniformly bound, 8vo. Full tree-calf leather. Marbled endpapers. AEG. Authors included: Shakespeare, Chaucer, Johnson, Webster, Pope, Coleridge, Dryden,
0308: [BINDINGS] ENGLISH AUTHORS. 13 VOL FULL LEATHEREst. CA$200-CA$400
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[BINDINGS] RENAISSANCE IN ITALY - 7 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] [RENAISSANCE IN ITALY] 7 volumes uniformly bound. London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1875-1886. 8vo, first editions. Including: Symonds, John Addington. ITALIAN LITERATURE., 2 vols., 1881*
0309: [BINDINGS] RENAISSANCE IN ITALY - 7 VOLUMESEst. CA$500-CA$700
[BINDINGS] TALES FROM FOREIGN LANDS - 9 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] TALES FROM FOREIGN LANDS. 9 volumes sold together published by A.C. McClurg & Co. Various dates. 16mo. Various authors and translators, Including: MEMORIES.* NANA.* MADELEINE.* MARIENELA.*
0310: [BINDINGS] TALES FROM FOREIGN LANDS - 9 VOLUMESEst. CA$100-CA$200Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] TRAVEL 5 WORKS IN 7 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] 5 works in 7 volumes. All bindings signed. 8vo and small 8vo. Including: Binding by Bayntun. Kelly, Talbot. BURMA. London, A & C, 1905. Coloured fold-out map at rear. Full red morocco,
0311: [BINDINGS] TRAVEL 5 WORKS IN 7 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$400
[BINDINGS] 15 VOL BIOGRAPHIES OF ROYAL AND EMINENT: [BINDINGS] Binding by Riviere & Son. 15 volumes sold together. Deluxe first editions except for Mary Queen of Scots. Goupil magnificent series of biographies of Royal and Eminent Persons. Folio. Half
0312: [BINDINGS] 15 VOL BIOGRAPHIES OF ROYAL AND EMINENTEst. CA$2,000-CA$3,000Lot Passed
[BINDINGS] HARE, AUGUST J.STORY OF TWO NOBLE LIVES: [BINDGINS] Hare, August J. THE STORY OF TWO NOBLE LIVES, BEING MEMORIALS OF CATHERINE, COUNTESS CANNING AND AND LOUISA MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD., London, George Allen, 1893. 4to. 3 volumes. Engraved
0313: [BINDINGS] HARE, AUGUST J.STORY OF TWO NOBLE LIVESEst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.BLITHEDALE ROMANCE: [BINDGINS] Hawthorne, Nathaniel. THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, Fields.1852. First edition, 8vo. [4pp. ads. dated April, 1852.], [viii] - 288pp. Publishers brown cloth boards,
0314: [BINDINGS] HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.BLITHEDALE ROMANCEEst. CA$200-CA$300
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[BINDINGS] HOGARTH'S WORKS 3 VOLUMES: [BINDGINS] Hogarth, William. WORKS, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures by john Ireland and John Nichols. London, Chatto and Windus, [1880s] 8vo. 3 volumes. Half polished calf and
0315: [BINDINGS] HOGARTH'S WORKS 3 VOLUMESEst. CA$100-CA$200
[BINDINGS] HOWITT, WILLIAM. 5 WORKS IN 7 VOLUMES: [BINDGINS] Howitt, William. London, Longman. 8vo. 7 volumes uniformly bound. Half dark morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers and fore-edges. Engraved illustrations all through, some in full
0316: [BINDINGS] HOWITT, WILLIAM. 5 WORKS IN 7 VOLUMESEst. CA$300-CA$500Lot Passed

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