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Fri, Mar 10, 2017 06:30PM EST - Sat, Mar 11, 2017 06:30PM EST
Lot 354

A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS ALEXANDRE DUMAS WORKS

Estimate: $50 - $150

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A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS ALEXANDRE DUMAS WORKS, LATE 19TH C.:A collection of fourteen Alexandre Dumas works, including: The New Century Library - Alexandre Dumas, New York: Thomas Nelsons & Sons, Ltd., n.d. Four volumes titled: "The Page of the Duke of Savoy", "The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Or: Ten Years Later", "Louise de la Valliere", and "Twenty Years After". Each bound in leather with gilt tooling to front and spine, titled in gilt to spine, and all over gilt edge. The lot also includes ten volumes of the Oeuvres Complètes d'Alexandre Dumas, Paris: Michel-Levy Freres, C. 1860's, titled: "La Princesse Flora", "Les Trois Mousquetaires" Vol I and II, "Vingt Anes Apres - Suite des Trois Mousquetaires" Vol I, II, and III, "Le Comte de Monte-Cristo" Vol I through VI, and "Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge" Vol I and II. Each volume bound in one quarter blue morocco with paper sides.

Condition

Please note, the volumes comprising the Oeuvres Complètes d'Alexandre Dumas are printed in French. The New Century Library volumes with red rot to cover. The corners are all chipped and the spines are rubbed. Some very slight toning to pages. Text is in good condition. The Oeuvres Complètes d'Alexandre Dumas with chipping and loss to edges, rubbing to spines, and some cracks to hinges. Isolated areas of foxing, and some tanning to pages throughout. The binding is tight and the text itself appears to be in good condition.

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