Concept Gallery
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Rare & Interesting Books

Fri, Apr 3, 2020 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1184

Lot 4 illustrated books Color Plates Cruikshank

Estimate: $30 - $60

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Lot of 4 books: 1. The Comic History of Rome by Beckett, c. 1900, 12 hand-colored plates by John Leech. / 2. A Handbook for Posterity by George Cruikshank, 1896, illustrated with 62 etchings, number 27 of 100 copies of the Proof Plates on India Paper and signed by publisher and engraver. / 3. Our Summer in the Vale of Kashmir by F. Ward Denys, 1915, illustrated throughout. / 4. Adventures of Telemachus, c.1900, with over 100 illustrations, 3/4 leather binding. Provenance: From the collection of the Twentieth Century Club, Pittsburgh, PA with their small bookplate on all front pastedowns and occasional stamping and presentation bookplates.
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