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3V DECORATIVE ANTIQUE LITERATURE -- Louisa May Alcott,
3V DECORATIVE ANTIQUE LITERATURE -- Louisa May Alcott,
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Description
This lot consists of the following decorative antique volumes:

'Flower Fables' by Louisa May Alcott (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1898). This volume is bound in pictorial boards, with interiors featuring full-page illustrations, as well as decorative headers, footers, and initials.

'Friendship' by Henry David Thoreau (New York: Barse & Hopkins, c.1910). This volume is bound in blind-stamped paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering on the front cover. The title page is embellished with a gilt border, and a frontispiece portrait of Thoreau adorns the volume.

'Kinder und Hausmarchen gesammelt durch die Bruder Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm' (Gutersloh: Verlag von C. Bertelsmann, 1886). This book of German children's tales and fables is bound in paper-covered pictorial boards, with hand-colored plates adorning the text.

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Provenance:
These volumes are from an Ithaca collector of Antique and Rare books.
Dimensions:
Books in this lot range in size from 4' x 5.75' to 5.25' x 6.75'.
Circa:

Condition
Volumes in this lot display age/wear indications, including foxing, rubbing, and moisture markings to exteriors. The hinges of 'Kinder und Hausmarchen' are cracked. Foxing appears on page edges and in some interiors, and a few scattered pencil markings can be seen in one or more volumes.
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3V DECORATIVE ANTIQUE LITERATURE -- Louisa May Alcott,

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