
Description
A Selection of Poetry and Prose From the Works of the Most Admired Authors, Edited
With Biographical and Literary Notes by Charles Gibbon.
London, Glasgow & Edinburgh: Blackie & Son, Ltd. 1875
Illustrated.
Three quarter black leather binding with mottled cloth boards.
Five ridged spine with gilt titles and gilt on ridges.
Black and white frontis to each volume with tissue guard to each.
Marbled page edges and endpapers.
Leather corners, edges and spine edges worn. Tear to leather on upper spine.
Tightly bound with clean endpapers with Bound by Blackie & Sons sticker to lower left side of rear endpaper. Lightly tanned unmarked pages.
No writing, no missing, loose or torn pages.
Good condition.
Rare!
Reserve: $350.00
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CASQUET OF LITERATURE 1875 VOL III-IV in 1 Volume Partial Leather Gibbon BLACKIE
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Bound in History: Antiquarian Books Auction
Mar 17, 2026 5:00 PM EDTNew York, NY, United States
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