#229 • Antique Alden's Cyclopedia Works of Washington Irving Hardcover Book Collection

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

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A collection of antique and vintage hardcover volumes including an extensive multi-volume run of Alden's Cyclopedia of Universal Literature (John B. Alden, Publisher, New York, 1885). Also features a 3-volume set of The Works of Washington Irving published by P.F. Collier in 1885, Lincoln-related biographical works including Lincoln and His Generals by T. Harry Williams (Alfred A. Knopf, 1952) and Lincoln: Master of Men by Alonzo Rothschild (Houghton Mifflin, 1908), alongside other classic literary titles such as Constance Trescot by S. Weir Mitchell, Jargal by Victor Hugo, and In the Palace of the King by F. Marion Crawford, and more. 27 books on shelf. Alden's Encyclopedia of Universal Literature is missing volumes 9 and 10. Items in background not included. Location-Library