Item Description
Included in this collection:
Robinson's Flora and Sylva, 3 Volumes with full color plates, first edition with 3/4 off white leather, gold edged pages, linen boards. Vol. 1, 1903, Vol. 2, 1904 and Vol. 3, 1905.
Dimensions: 10 1/4" x 12 3/4"
Condition: few loose vellum pages, soiling to leather and linen, slight bent corners, slight discoloration to interior. Good binding, clean interior.
Overall good condition for their age.
30 Volume Set of Dickens, published by Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly, London. 1879., 1880. The books with green embossed cloth, black designs on cover, gold print on spine, black and white illustrations. Printed by Virtue & Co. Limited, City Road.
Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Condition: wear to top and bottom spine, light dulling to corners, some splits at gathers, bookplates adhered to front fly page,, some pages not cut at top, few books not square, good even green color, soiling to top margin.
The Complete Works of George Eliot in 10 Volumes (Only 9 Present) Books are not dated, more than likely 1886/1887. The books with 3/4 leather, marbleized boards with matching endwraps, gold tooled spines. Published by John Wanamaker, Phila., Paris and New York.
Dimensions: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"
Condition: wear to top and bottom spine including along the sides, wear to leather corners, 6 of the books have never been opened and are cardboard banded and numbered. Three of the books have been opened and are not numbered. There are pages that are un-cut vertically. The spines are sunned but still look good.
