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Lot 60 - A collection of small pocket volumes of literature and literary essays, including 'Men Without Women' by Ernest Hemmingway, published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1934, four volumes published by Oxford University Press, including copies of 'The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli, 'Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin', 'Five Restoration Tragedies' by Bonamy Dobree, and 'The Life and Times of Anthony a Wood', a copy of ''The Works of Lord Maculay, Volume One - Literary Essays', published by George Routledge & Sons, London, and a copy of 'The Ethics of the Dust - Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on The Elements of Crystallization' by John Ruskin, published by George Allen, London, 1906, Heminway in soft card cover, remainder hardbound, all with wear consistent with age and handling, discolouration to pages, minor text in pencil to front pages

Dimensions of Ruskin volume

Auction 1251 - Books & Ephemera (Section 1, Foyer) |

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A collection of small pocket volumes of literature and literary essays, including 'Men Without Women' by Ernest Hemmingway, published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1934, four volumes published by Oxford University Press, including copies of 'The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli, 'Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin', 'Five Restoration Tragedies' by Bonamy Dobree, and 'The Life and Times of Anthony a Wood', a copy of ''The Works of Lord Maculay, Volume One - Literary Essays', published by George Routledge & Sons, London, and a copy of 'The Ethics of the Dust - Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on The Elements of Crystallization' by John Ruskin, published by George Allen, London, 1906, Heminway in soft card cover, remainder hardbound, all with wear consistent with age and handling, discolouration to pages, minor text in pencil to front pages

Dimensions of Ruskin volume

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