Bidspirit auction | Fifteen Antiquarian Leather Bound Books,18th-20th

Fifteen Antiquarian Leather Bound Books,18th-20th Century, Incl. Fine Binding - Description: Group of assorted antiquarian books covering a range of topics including poetry, literature, history, and mineralogy. To include the Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1908), the Poetry of Robert Frost (1979), The Prairie by ames Fenimore Cooper (1832), volume II of J.G. Schmeisser's System of Mineralogy (1795), LEaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1900, front cover detached), Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (1906), The Pilot by James Fenimore Cooper (1837), Joshua Spalding's Lectures (1796), Human Nature in its Fourfold State by Thomas Boston (1814), Macaulay's Essays (1874), Matthew Arnold's Poems (1891, spine partly detached, cover loose), Queen Mary by Alfred Tennyson (1877), Longfellow's Poetical Works (1855), volume VII of the Works of Shakespeare (1875), and The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet by George Bernard Shaw (1897)Markings & Inscriptions: Marked Date: 18th-20th century Maker: Various Dimensions: Largest measures 8.5” x 5.75” x 1.5”. Stack measures 15.5”. Provenance: From a Phoenixville, Pennsylvania collection. Condition: Condition is generally good. Wear to surface and edges, some foxing on pages, commensurate with age and use.