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140 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1033. Bindings: Milton (John) The Works of,... in Verse and Prose, 8 vols. 8vo London (Wm. Pickering) 1851. First Edn. in this form Ed. by Rev. John Mitford. Half titles, engd. port. Vol. I red & bl. titles with device, fold. fac-similes, orig. royal blue hf. mor. marble sides, raised bands, panels decorated with gilt shamrocks, spine somewhat faded (8) €350 - €500 1035. The Limited Federal Edition Bindings: Jefferson - The Works of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by Paul Leicester Ford, 12 vols. Thick roy 8vo N. York & Lond. (C.P. Putnam’s Sons - The Knickerbocker Press) 1904. Federal edition Limited to 1000 sets, this is No. 166. Port. frontis red & bl. titles, with add. engd. titles, t.e.g., uncut, in fine heavy 3/4 dark green mor., marble sides, raised bands, with two gilt lettered panels. Bookplates of Joseph M. Gleason. (12) €600 - €900 1036. Bindings: Scott - The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, also The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, 39 vols. ex. 40 (Vol. 23 lacking) sm. 8vo Edin. (Rob. Cadell) 1834, 1833. Frontis (Ports & plts.) add. engd. titles, cont. full tan calf, dble gilt fillet borders, spine gilt in panels, red & green mor. labels. V. good attractive set. (39) €500 - €700 1037. Bindings: Christie - Agatha Christie Crime Collection, 24 vols. 8vo London (Paul Hamlyn) 1970. In recent dark blue mor. backed marble boards, raised bands, gilt decorations in panels. V. good set. (24) €800 - €1200 1038. Limited Edition, Signed by Author Bindings: Kipling - The Works of Rudyard Kipling, 31 vols. roy 8vo London (MacMillan & Co.) 1913-1927. The Bombay Edition, Limited to 1050 Copies - Signed by Author uncut, later full wine coloured crushed levant, wavy gilt fillet borders, raised bands, & panels gilt decorated. Very good set. (31) €2000 - €3000 1034. An Exquisite Set Bindings: Hugo (Victor) The Works [Complete] 30 vols. roy 8vo Boston (Estes and Lauriat) n.d. [1892]. Holland Paper Edition - Limited to 500 Copies, this No. 113. Half titles, frontis to each volume and numerous plts. (most with orig. guards), a.e.g. magnificent full crushed dark green mor., gilt fillet and tooled borders, corner decor. etc, silk loose ends, and gilt tooled inset red mor. paste downs / doublours, heavy raised bands, and tooled gilt spines with fleur-de-lys motifs. In fine condition. (30) €2000 - €3000 1037 1035 1038 1036 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED