Lot 522: A Collection of Hardcover Books Including Liberman, Wood, and Swift. Various Publishers. (DJ)
An assortment of hardcover books comprising art reference, photographic memoirs, and literature. Key titles include Alexander Liberman, Marilyn: An Intimate Photographic Memoir, featuring a monochrome photographic portrait dust jacket, and Christopher Wood, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. The collection includes a maroon cloth-bound commemorative volume with a gilt-stamped shield bearing the dates 1919-1938. Literature and history titles include a Dutton edition of Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Paul Rival, and older cloth-bound editions of Ben Brierley’s Works and The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln. Other visible spines include Rydale, Across the Plains, and works by Reginald Pound and Scott, with some volumes from the World Books series. The volumes are bound in publisher’s cloth and boards.
Condition report:
The books are in mixed condition. Modern dust jackets show moderate edge-wear, surface soiling, and light foxing. Older cloth-bound spines exhibit shelf-wear, fading, and rubbing at the extremities. Toning is present on the page edges throughout the collection. Internal contents have not been inspected for annotations or structural damage.
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