Lot #80 - Antique Dent Edition Classics & Miniature Literature Books Collection Lot (main image)
Lot #80 - Antique Dent Edition Classics & Miniature Literature Books Collection Lot
Lot Number: 80
Item Location: Enumclaw, WA
Preview Date/Time: Wednesday, June 3rd - (By Appointment - Appointments Must Be Made by 2:00 PM Tuesday, June 2nd)
Pickup Date/Time: Sunday, June 7th - (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM - By Appointment)
Start Date/Time: 05/30/26, 7:00 AM
End Date/Time: 06/05/26, 6:20:00 PM
Opening Bid: $5.00
Bid History: 1
Current Bid: $5.00
Minimum Bid: $6.00
Highbidder: Terikatk

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Buyer's Premium: 15% will be added to the final price.
Description:

📚 Wonderful collection of antique and vintage decorative literature volumes featuring classic works by Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, and other notable authors.

✨ Includes several J.M. Dent "Everyman's Library" style decorative clothbound editions with ornate gilt-decorated bindings, including titles such as:

  • David Copperfield
  • Bleak House
  • Dombey and Son
  • Martin Chuzzlewit
  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • The Old Curiosity Shop
  • Edwin Drood and Master Humphrey's Clock
  • Histories, Poems & Sonnets of Shakespeare
  • Tragedies of William Shakespeare
  • Cover Mist by Charles Dickens

📖 Also includes several miniature "Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature" volumes edited by Jeannette L. Gilder and published by Orsamus Turner Harris, New York.

🎨 Attractive red cloth bindings with gilt decoration make these excellent display pieces for libraries, studies, bookcases, or collectors of antique books.

🕰️ Condition varies throughout the collection with visible age-related wear, edge wear, fraying, fading, and other signs of use consistent with age. Please review all photos carefully for condition details.

📸 Photos are part of the description.

⚠️ Items are sold as-is, where-is, with no guarantees or warranties expressed or implied.

📚 A charming collection of classic literature and decorative antique books ready for a new shelf!

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