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  • Collection: Rare Books and Special Materials

Collection d'Anciens Evangiles [original]

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Binding: very good ; fully bound in red leather ; marbled enpapers (yellow, blue, green, red) ; borders of inside binding (before endpapers) feature gold tooling

Spine: very good ; 5 raised bands ; gilded text in two compartments reads "COLLECTION…

Catalogue Des Livres [original]

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A French bookseller's catalogue of French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Latin books.

Binding: fair to good ; paper binding (black marbling) ; rubbing on sides, edges, front, back, spine

Spine: fair ; paper binding ; damage at top and bottom…

Boyle's Fashionable Court and Country Guide for January, 1833 [original]

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Binding: poor to fair ; front cover completely separated from material ; spine and back cover are still connected ; red leather with gold tooling [border detail and a crown with the initials "A" and "R" on either side of the top of the crown on the…

The Works of the English Poets [original]

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Binding: fair to good ; paper covered boards ; some spotting ; bumped corners ; some wear on edges ; front cover loose

Spine: poor ; covered removed ; exposed sewing

Textblock: good to very good

Contents: The Poems of Edmund Smith ; The…

Miniature Leather-Covered Bible [original]

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Binding: good ; brown leather ; some rubbing ; bumped corners ; paste-down endpapers have handwriting

Spine: good to very good ; brown leather ; gilded title ("BIBLE") ; gold tooling (rubbed off) ; very light wear

Textblock: fair to good ; some…