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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.
[BINDINGS] HUGHES, THOMAS TOM BROWN FIRSTS 3 VOL: [BINDGINS] [Hughes, Thomas]. TOM BOWN AT OXFORD. London: MAcmillian and Co., 1861. 3 volumes. 8vo, Full polished calf. Binding by Riviere & Son.* [Sold with]: Hughes, Thomas. TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS.
0317: [BINDINGS] HUGHES, THOMAS TOM BROWN FIRSTS 3 VOLEst. CA$800-CA$1,200Lot Passed
[BINDINGS] TOM BROWN SCHOOL. [HUGHES, THOMAS]: [BINDINGS] TOM BROWN SCHOOL. [HUGHES, THOMAS] Condition report available upon request.
0318: [BINDINGS] TOM BROWN SCHOOL. [HUGHES, THOMAS]Est. CA$300-CA$500Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] HUNT, LEIGH. JAR OF HONEY: [BINDGINS] Hunt, Leigh. A JAR OF HONEY FROM MOUNT HYBLA. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. 8vo First edition in original boards by Owen Jones. xxiii, 200pp, [16 ads dated 1847-1848] pp. Illustrated
0319: [BINDINGS] HUNT, LEIGH. JAR OF HONEYEst. CA$200-CA$300
[BINDINGS] WASHINGTON IRVING. 3 VOLUMES: [BINDGINS] Irving, Washington. 2 books in 3 volumes sold together. 8vo. Including: Hellman, George S.(editor). LETTERS OF HENRY BREVOORT TO WASHINGTON IRVING TOGETHER WITH OTHER UNPUBLISHED BREVOORT
0320: [BINDINGS] WASHINGTON IRVING. 3 VOLUMESEst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] GEORGE WHARTON JAMES. 3 WORKS: [BINDGINS] James, George Wharton. 3 books sold together. 8vo. Half leather, gilt labels and dates to spine. Including: OUR AMERICAN WONDERLAND.* SINGING THROUGH LIFE WITH GOD.* LIVING THE RADIANT
0321: [BINDINGS] GEORGE WHARTON JAMES. 3 WORKSEst. CA$200-CA$300
[BINDINGS] JESSE. JOHN H. 16 VOLUMES SELECTED WORK: [BINDGINS] Jesse, John Heneage. [SELECTED WORKS] London, Richard Bentley, 1840-1862. 8vo. 16 uniformly bound volumes. Full light brown polished calf, gilt rule compartments to covers, spine on brown
0322: [BINDINGS] JESSE. JOHN H. 16 VOLUMES SELECTED WORKEst. CA$400-CA$600Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] MEMOIRS OF MADAME JUNOT 3 VOL 1883: [BINDGINS] MEMOIRS OF MADEME JUNOT DUCHESSE D'ABRANTES. London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1883. 8vo. 3 volumes. Frontispieces and engraved portraits all through. Full blue polished morocco, gilt ruled
0323: [BINDINGS] MEMOIRS OF MADAME JUNOT 3 VOL 1883Est. CA$200-CA$400
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[BINDINGS] LOCKER-LAMPSON, F. LYRA ELLEGANTIARUM: [BINDINGS] Locker-lampson, F., LYRA ELLEGANTIARUM. Edward Moxon & Co. 1867. 8vo. xx, 360pp. Binding by Zaehnsdorf. Full blue morocco, heavy gilt covers, front with harp motive in the center, spine
0324: [BINDINGS] LOCKER-LAMPSON, F. LYRA ELLEGANTIARUMEst. CA$800-CA$1,200
[BINDINGS] LONGFELLOW POETICAL WORKS 7 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE POETICAL WORKS. 4 works in 7 volumes. Boston, Hougton, Mifflin and Co. 1884. Small 8vo Blue half leather and marbled boards, gilt rule covers, gilt labels
0325: [BINDINGS] LONGFELLOW POETICAL WORKS 7 VOLUMESEst. CA$100-CA$200Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] LOUYS, PIERRE. 2 WORKS: [BINDINGS] Louys, Pierre. 2 works, including: LES AVENTURES DU ROI PAUSOLE., illustrations after Carlegle acquarelles. Paris, Artheme Fayard [nd] Half blue morocco and marbled boards, gilt rule to
0326: [BINDINGS] LOUYS, PIERRE. 2 WORKSEst. CA$100-CA$200
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[BINDINGS] LUCAS, E.V. 6 WORKS SOLD TOGETHER: [BINDINGS] Lucas, E.V. 6 works uniformly bound sold together. London, Methuen & Co. 8vo Frontispieces, coloured and b/w plates all through. Half leather and cloth, gilt ruled to covers, 3 gilt raised
0327: [BINDINGS] LUCAS, E.V. 6 WORKS SOLD TOGETHEREst. CA$100-CA$200
[BINDINGS] MARCVS AVRELIVS ANTONINVUS. XII BOOKS: [BINDINGS] Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus. THE 12 BOOKS OF... translated by George Long. London, George Bell and Sons, 1900pp. Handsomely bound by Riviere & Son. Full brown morocco, gilt Covers ruled
0328: [BINDINGS] MARCVS AVRELIVS ANTONINVUS. XII BOOKSEst. CA$800-CA$1,200Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY: [BINDINGS] Milton, John., ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY., Oxford, H. Daniels, 1894. 12mo, [8], 22pp, [10]. Printed in a limited, numbered edition of 102/200, . Full vellum. Delicate gilt
0329: [BINDINGS] ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITYEst. CA$600-CA$1,000
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[BINDINGS] MITFORD OUR VILLAGE. WITH ALS. 1893: [BINDINGS] Mitford, Mary Russell. OUR VILLAGE., London, MacMillan and Co, 1893. 8vo, liii, 256pp. With 100 illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Binding signed Zaehnsdorf. Full deep brown morocco, gilt
0330: [BINDINGS] MITFORD OUR VILLAGE. WITH ALS. 1893Est. CA$600-CA$800
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[BINDINGS] MONTAIGNE ESSAYS. 3 VOL 1877: [BINDINGS] Hazlitt, William Carew (editor) ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE. (translated by Charles Cotton) with some account of the life of Montaigne, notes, and a translation of all the letters known to be
0331: [BINDINGS] MONTAIGNE ESSAYS. 3 VOL 1877Est. CA$100-CA$200
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[BINDINGS] PLUTARCH LIVES 5 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] Clough, A.H. PLUTARCH LIVES, the translation called Dryden's. Boston, Little Brown, 1882. 5 volumes. 8vo. Half leather and marbled boards, gilt labels and decor to spine compartments,
0332: [BINDINGS] PLUTARCH LIVES 5 VOLUMESEst. CA$100-CA$200
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[BINDINGS] ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE. WORKS 15 VOL: [BINDINGS] Ritchie, Anne Thackeray. [WORKS]. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Various dates. 15 volumes uniformly bound. 12,mo, 1/4 tan calf, gilt decorated spines, 5 raised bands, book ticket of Duprat
0333: [BINDINGS] ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE. WORKS 15 VOLEst. CA$200-CA$300
[BINDINGS] ROBIDA VIELLE FRANCE. 5 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] Robida, A. LA VIELLE FRANCE. Paris: Librairie Illustree, various dates. Folio. 5 volumes sold together, illustrated with engravings and lithographs. 1/2 morocco, gilt decorated raised
0334: [BINDINGS] ROBIDA VIELLE FRANCE. 5 VOLUMESEst. CA$800-CA$1,200Lot Passed
[BINDINGS] ROGERS, S. ITALY A POEM AND POEMS: [BINDINGS] Rogers, S. ITALY A POEM AND POEMS. 1830; 1834. London, T. Cadell, Strand; Jannings and Chaplin; Cadell and Moxon. 8vo. vii, 284pp; vii, 295pp [2] Frontis to one vol., both volumes
0335: [BINDINGS] ROGERS, S. ITALY A POEM AND POEMSEst. CA$800-CA$1,200Lot Passed
[BINDINGS] RUSKIN, JOHN MODERN PAINTERS 5 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] Ruskin, John. MODERN PAINTERS. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1860. 4to. 5 volumes. Illustrated with engravings. Half green morocco and cloth boards, 5 gilt raised bands, gilt labels and
0336: [BINDINGS] RUSKIN, JOHN MODERN PAINTERS 5 VOLUMESEst. CA$100-CA$200Lot Passed
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[BINDINGS] W. SCOTT WORKS - 17 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] Scott, Sir Walter. [WORKS] Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1842-1850. 8vo. 17 volumes sold together. Illustrated with engravings. Full green morocco, elaborately gilt decorated covers and spine,
0337: [BINDINGS] W. SCOTT WORKS - 17 VOLUMESEst. CA$300-CA$500
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[BINDINGS] THE POETICAL WORKS OF WALTER SCOTT: [BINDINGS] [POETICAL WORKS] Scott, Sir Walter. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell and Whittaker, 1833. 12mo. 12 volumes. Engraved frontis. and titles. Bound by Zaehnsdorf for A.C.McClurg. Full polished green
0338: [BINDINGS] THE POETICAL WORKS OF WALTER SCOTTEst. CA$400-CA$600
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[BINDINGS] SELECTED WORKS OF SIR WALTER 25 VOLUMES: [BINDINGS] Scott, Sir Walter. SELECTED WORKS OF..., Edingbugh, 1818-1828. 7 works in 25 volumes uniformly bound. 8vo and smaller. Most first and second editions. Half leather and marbled boards, 5
0339: [BINDINGS] SELECTED WORKS OF SIR WALTER 25 VOLUMESEst. CA$600-CA$800
[BINDINGS] SIR WALTER SCOTT MEMOIRS. 7 VOLS: [BINDINGS] [Lockhart, J. G.]. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell; London: John Murray, 1837-38 8vo. 7 volumes. Frontispiece to volume 1. 1/2 blue morocco and marbled
0340: [BINDINGS] SIR WALTER SCOTT MEMOIRS. 7 VOLSEst. CA$200-CA$300Lot Passed

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