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7 volumes ship as one in the U.S.A. - not a complete set. Bracebridge Hall, frontispieces of Washington Irving is from a daguerreotype by Plumb about 1850. Tales of a Traveller, illus. of The Money Diggers drawn by Frank T. Merrill. The Alhamera preface to the revised edition is dated 1851. Astoria includes a couple of drawings by Frederic Remington, Trappers Crossing the Rockies and Canadian Voyageurs. Sketch Book Abbotsford, preface to the revised edition is dated 1848. Woefert's Toost and other Stories Newstead Abbey. Has a water stain, drawings by various artists. Knickerbocker's History of New York with drawings by FOC Darby. (Remember the Macaronis?) Has a closed tear in the tissue covering the frontis drawing. In VG condition. There is some foxing. The tissue paper is very discolored (not acid free) and some discoloration to rest of book. All are dated 1912. No dust jackets. Some soiling mainly to exterior pages of book. Some books have worn corners and edges of spine, with some bent…
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