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4 Books on Books, incl. an Author ALS: Group of four volumes on the history, collecting, appreciation of books, including a presentation copy with tipped-in letter from Charles F. Richardson to American literary critic E. C. Stedman; varyi

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Scarce Flint Hist. & Geog. of the Mississippi Valley, 1833: Nearly 780-page, two-volume book containing the early history and geography of the young America and American continents. Although Volume One is broken up into chapters on Florida, Alabama, Mississipp

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History, Antiquities of City Suburbs of Worcester: The History And Antiquities of the City and Suburbs of Worcester 1796. This two-volume set of books is titled ?The History And Antiquities Of The City And Suburbs Of Worcester?, written by Valentine G

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Lot of 4 Volumes on Book History and Collecting

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Four books on books: 1. BURTON, JOHN HILL. The Book-Hunter. A New Edition with a Memoir of the Author. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. No. 687 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Original dark blue cloth, gilt to spine, gilt device. Fair-Good. Splitting of joints at front and back, head and foot of spine bumped and rubbed/torn, corners bumped, top edges toned. 2. GARNETT, RICHARD. Three Hundred Notable Books Added to the Library of the British Museum Under the Keepership of Richard Garnett, 1890-1899. London: T. and A. Constable, 1899. 4to. Original red cloth, red quarter leather, gilt to spine, gilt cover decoration. Previous owners' bookplates, including that of Edmund William Gosse (presumably the English writer and critic, 1849-1928). Good. Wear to outer hinges, light scratching and rubbing to boards. 3. ORCUTT, WILLIAM DANA. The Book in Italy, During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, Shown in Facsimile Reproductions from the Most Famous Printed Volumes, Collected Under the Auspices of the Royal Italian Minister of Instruction... London, Bombay, Sidney: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1928. No. 599 of a limited edition of 750 copies. Includes 3 tipped-in color illustrations. Good. 4. [SCRAPBOOK]. What appears to be a signature glued into a leather 12mo cover embossed The Fusser's Book, with clippings on book collecting. The book sections are: "Beautiful Books," "Cobden-Sanderson and the Dove Bindery,"On the Binding of Books," and "The Art-Handicraft of Italy."

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