Sold for:
$98
$98
Edited by William Melmoth. London: R. Dodsley, 1748. 2 vols. 8vo, later full calf, 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spines, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Third edition. Ex libris Robert Edwin Olds, Under Secretary of State to President Calvin Coolidge, tipped in f.f.e.p of both volumes. A manuscript note of first leaf of volume I notes that Mr. Olds' wife, Rose N. Olds, had the books bound by hand in 1927. Scattered foxing; otherwise a fine set.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2009-03-24
