Jun 14, 2016 - Sale 2419

Sale 2419 - Lot 45

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. She Stoops to Conquer. 10 heliogravure plates by Edwin Austen Abbey on tissue and tipped to mounts, lettered tissue guards, decorations by Alfred Parsons. Tall folio, publisher's straight-grained sky blue cloth decoratively stamped in silver; top edges trimmed and gilt; custom linen slipcase. New York: Harper & Bros., 1887

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with-The Quest of the Holy Grail. 15 loose plates by Edwin Austen Abbey of photo engraved images from the Arthurian legend murals on the walls of the Abbey Room of the Boston Public Library. Small 8vo, loose as issued in gilt-lettered brown folding chemise. Boston: Curtis & Cameron, 1897-1902.