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Lot 404

Six Leather Bound Antique Books

Estimate: $300 - $400

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1) A Commentary Upon all the Prophets both Great and Small by John Mayer, Doctor of Divinity. Printed by Abraham Miller and Ellen Cotes,1652 London. p. 850 with an additional table of the principal heads contained in this book.pp12. Rebound, as cover states, "Old Book bought by M.S. Verner". Condition: Spine is pulled away from binding. H 10-7/8" W 7-1/2" D 2-1/2". 2) Four volume set - Volume 1-2 Lamb's Works. The Works of Charles Lamb. To which are prefixed, His Letters, and A Sketch of His Life, by Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. Leather and marbled board bindings. In two volumes, Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff St., New York 1838. Volume 3 Literary Sketches and Letters: Being the final memorials of Charles Lamb, never before published by Thomas Noon Talfourd, one of his executors. D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway, New York. Volume 4 Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the same time of Shakespeare. With notes. By Charles lamb, Wiley & Putnam, 161 Broadway, New York. 1845 All bound in like covers leather and marbled board. Condition: H 7-3/8" W 5-1/8" D 1-1/4". 3) A Journal of the Travels & Suffering of Daniel Saunders, jun. 1794 pp104 with Appendix another 21 pages. Leather bound. Condition. Missing 2/3 of the title page H 5-1/2" W 4-3/8" D 3/4". Estate of Nancy Sevatson.