Art + Antiques: Selections from a Fortune-500 Corporate Art Collection
Fri, Mar 12, 2021 01:00AM EST
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Lot 47
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 15 Limited Ed. Volumes, 1892-96
Sold for
$500
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The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1892 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Thirteen volumes Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Cambridge Artists edition Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1896 John T. Morse, Jr. Two volumes Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Cambridge Artists edition A comprehensive set of 15 volumes, each hand-numbered 392 in a limited edition of 750. Beautifully bound by Riverside Press in leather, tooled with gilt dentelle decoration, with decorative gold top-stained edge, marbled endpapers, and ribbon bookmarks. Generously illustrated with steel engravings and photogravures. Octavo size (8 3/4" x 6").
Very good condition-- particularly for the age-- noting only a snapped ribbon on the third volume and very scarce minor rubbing and dings across the set.