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These 103 books were removed from the collection due to condition:

  • conspicuously orphaned from larger sets

  • too damaged to be sold

  • too obscure to have demand

 

BOOKS

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  1. Wemyss REID: Memoirs and Correspondence of Lyon Playfair, 1899. Damaged, no market. G

  2. Rudyard KIPLING: Kim, 1916. Orphaned from set, damaged cover. A

  3. Myrtle REED: The Spinster Book, 1901. Damaged spine, objectionable material. G

  4. Edward LASCELLES: Scenes from the Life of Edward Lascelles, Gent Vol.1, 1837. Broken hinge, missing mate. G

  5. Vols 30, 31 & 32 of the Works of Kipling, 1937. Orphaned, water damage. G

  6. E.L. BUTCHER: Things Seen in Egypt, 1911. Damaged spine and cover, no market. A

  7. Vol. 4 of the Works of Poe, 1896. Damaged spine, heavy foxing, orphaned from set. G

  8. W.M. THACKERAY as M.A. TITMARSH: Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, 1846. Missing cover. U

  9. La FONTAINE: Fables, n.d. Volume 1 of 2. Soiled, heavy foxing, missing its mate. G

  10. John BARNES: A Tour Throughout the Whole of France, 1815. Fine binding, large chunk of spine head missing. Great illustrations, intact pull-out map. No sales history. G

  11. Charles Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE: Theatre de Beaumarchais, n.d. Old, worn French book. A few sales of other examples of this literary critic’s work in the $10s. G

  12. Samuel JOHNSON: The Rambler, 1889. First volume of a set of selected essays, on its own. Other copies of this essay sell in the $10s. VG

  13. Angus B. REACH: Men of the Hour, n.d. (1856 suggested). Once finely bound, this small, illustrated book seems to have been completely soaked in water, the entire volume has warped, covers and text block alike. No sales. U

  14. S.C. HALL: British Ballads, n.d. (before 1895). Worn, faux fine binding, hinge broken. U

  15. Victor HUGO: Notre-Dame de Paris, n.d. Volume 7, orphaned from larger set of complete works. Damaged cover, yellowed pages. G

 

SETS

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  1. REVEIL: Museum of Painting and Sculpture, 1829-34. 7 volumes, incomplete set. Damaged. A

  2. Charles KINGSLEY: Letters and Memories of His Life, 1877. 4 volumes. Damaged spines. A

  3. Francis HALSEY: Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, 1914. 7 volumes, incomplete set. Water damaged. U

  4. Aldine Edition of British Poets, 1866. 28 volumes, faux fine binding. Many volumes damaged, spines flaking off. Some G to VG, could be split up to sell any intact individual volumes or pairs, especially the more famous names.

  5. Nathaniel HAWTHORNE: Complete Works, 1891. "Wayside Edition" 25 volumes, complete. A once nice set, many volumes have broken front joints, many repaired with household clear tape, which has dried out, flaking, damaging the leather. Could be offered at a discount for rebinding, or nice rag paper could be reclaimed. A

  6. Collection of 15 French novels, all bound the same. Leather covers and spines turn to powder in your hands, poor quality paper, worm holes. Could maybe be sold as a prop for “distressed look” interior installation. A

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