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Lot 39

Shakespeare Pictorial Edition (1878), Ex-Libris Governor of Kansas

Estimate: $200 - $300
Starting Bid
$100

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$5,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
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$75,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Charles Knight's Popular Shakspere

Pictorial Edition, 1878

Pub. Estes and Lauriat, Boston

11" x 8 1/2"

 

Profusely illustrated throughout, having nearly 400 wood engravings by Sir John Gilbert, as well as 36 steel-plate engravings by other artists of the day. Bound in embossed leather with gold tooling, all edges gilt. A rare and highly decorative format of this American edition of Shakespeare.

 

From the library of John Alexander Martin (American, 1839-1889), who was an abolitionist newspaperman and state senator leading up to the Civil War, a brigadier general for the Union Army during the war, the postmaster and then mayor of Atchison, KS, and finally the 10th governor of Kansas from 1885-1889. The front papers of each volume are inscribed to Martin as a Christmas gift in 1878 from five of his employees.

Condition

Good condition. Lightly bumped edges. Partial crack to the front hinge of the first volume. Small tear to one flyleaf. Mild browning to the text block commensurate with age.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 11.00 in
Width: 8.50 in
Depth: 5.00 in

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