Sold for:
$1,830
$1,830
Philadelphia: George Barrie, n. d. (c. 1893) 10 (of 11) vols. Folio, 3/4 red leather-backed cloth, gilt-decorated backstrip over five raised bands, silk endpapers, in boxes. Number 1 of 11 copies. The Artist's edition, bound expressly for Ruth L. Sayles, Boston, Massachusetts. Hand-colored illustrations throughout. Lacking vol. 9; some vols. with plates, frontispiece or index lacking; light wear, fading and soiling to bindings; fading, wrinkling and some tears to tissue guards; wear to boxes; otherwise a fine set.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-11-15
