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  First Edition of Grace Wharton's The Literature of Society

  WHARTON, Grace.

  The Literature of Society.

  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1862.

  First edition of this collection of observations on the literature of European historical figures. Octavo, two volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and wide triple gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by Bayntun Bindery and Stuart Kidd, marbled endpapers all edges gilt, ribbons bound in, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait to each volume, extra-illustrated with numerous tissue-guarded engravings. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional example.

  Price: $850.00     Item Number: 145231

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