#136 • Antique 19th and Early 20th Century Books Literature Poetry History

Part of FAR 777 - The Splendor of Yesteryear: Fine Antiques, Art & Historic Treasures (timed auction by Farmer Auctions)

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Shelf collection of 19th and early 20th-century hardbound volumes spanning poetry, history, theology, and classic literature. Highlights include an incomplete nine-volume run of "The World's Best Poetry" (John D. Morris and Company, 1904) in half-leather and cloth bindings; an 1878 American Bible Society Nonpareil 12mo Holy Bible containing associated family genealogical ephemera, newspaper clippings, and a 1970 church pamphlet; an illustrated 1940 edition of Eugene Field's "Favorite Poems"; F.V.N. Painter's "Introduction to English Literature" (Sibley & Company, 1906) bearing a 1905 Virginia Polytechnic Institute inscription; "The Life of Christ" by Frederic W. Farrar (John B. Alden); an Edition de Luxe printing of James Bryce's "The American Commonwealth" (1906); volumes from "The History of the United States" by Garner and Lodge; Josephus Complete; Addison's Essays; and more. 19 books on shelf. Several with damage to spine covers. Items in background not included. Location-Library