#233 • Antique Book Collection Featuring Thackeray Boston Edition And History

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

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Bidding closes Dec 2, 2026 7:28 PM EST

Collection of hardcover volumes primarily spanning 19th- and 20th-century literature, history, and religious studies. Includes a 10-volume run of William Makepeace Thackeray's Works (Boston Edition, Aldine Book Publishing Co.), featuring titles such as "The Paris Sketch Book," "Henry Esmond," "Burlesques," "Vanity Fair," "Virginians," "Christmas Books," "Pendennis," "Philip Catherine," and "The Newcomes." Also present are "Fisherman's Luck" by Henry Van Dyke (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901), "The People's History of Presbyterianism in All Ages" by Robert P. Kerr (1888), "Making the Most of What Life Brings" by Theodore F. Adams (First Edition, 1957, with dust jacket and ephemera), "Trans-Allegheny Pioneers" by John P. Hale, Harkness and Arnold's "First Latin Book," works by Gene Stratton-Porter and Louisa May Alcott, and more. 20 books on shelf. Items in background not included. Location-Library