[Rarebooks] FS: Fine Bindings- 3 sets just acquired

[Clare Murphy]

Discount to the trade. Thanks for looking.

1.  COURTIERS AND FAVOURITES OF ROYALTY. EDITION DE GRANDE LUXE. ROOT 
BINDING. Paris and New York., ca. 1900. Illustrated by portraits. 
Limited edition. #80 of 487 sets. 20 volumes. Three quarter navy 
morocco with decorated marbled paper-covered boards and end papers, 
raised bands, gilt florets in spine compartments, gilt lettering and 
top edge. Bound by Root and Son, London. Very good. English language 
edition. Minor dings to a few edges and scrapes to marbled paper of 
several volumes. Splendid looking. set. 
<http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSCO73606.jpg>  $1950.00 {73606}

2.  KIPLING, RUDYARD.  WORKS. FINE RED MOROCCO-BOUND, THE. Garden 
City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. 13 volumes. Three quarter red 
morocco gilt over red cloth by Lauriat, Boston. Fine. Twenty-six 
books in thirteen volumes. Complete set. Beautiful binding in fine 
condition. Good large clear type.
<http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSKI73604.jpg>  $2400.00 {73604}

3.  MACAULAY, LORD THOMAS BABINGTON .  WORKS OF MACAULAY. WHITEHALL 
EDITION, THE. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898. Illustrated by 
black and white plates. Limited edition. #761 of 1000 copies. 20 
volumes. Three quarter navy morocco gilt over blue cloth with marbled 
end papers. Raised bands with gilt heraldic designs of lions rampant. 
Bound by Bennett, New York. Fine. Nearly new condition. No fading or 
discoloration to the bindings. The tiniest ding to top of one spine 
and a few bits of rubbing. Very large margins. 
<http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSMA73605.jpg>  $3600.00 {73605}

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