#223 • Antique and Vintage Hardcover Book Collection Encyclopedias Literature Irving Roe

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

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A 24-volume collection of antique and mid-century hardcover reference and literature books. Includes 14 volumes of The American International Encyclopedia (J.J. Little & Ives Co., 1954 revision), four volumes of The Source Book Encyclopedic (Perpetual Encyclopedia Corporation, 1929; Volumes 1, 5, 6, and 9), four volumes of The Works of Washington Irving including Life of George Washington Parts I-III and Salmagundi (The Co-Operative Publication Society, Inc.), and two works by E.P. Roe including Miss Lou / Driven Back to Eden and His Sombre Rivals. Volumes feature embossed cloth and faux-leather bindings, decorative endpapers, frontispieces, and period illustrations and maps. 23 books on shelf. Items in background not included. Location-Library