Lot 375:
Antique Mythical Griffin Pyrography Folding Wood Book Holder with 11 Antique Books
Description
* Antique burned Pyrography Griffin folding end book holder with hinged side panels, 15" x 5 1/4", some age and wear to the corners as shown, completely covered in detailing * Dec 23rd 1886? Arlington Edition Willy Reilly? * c1900 With Lee in Virginia, ? * A Carolina Cavalier (Duke University Woman’s College – Withdrawn stamp ) Mary Duke Nov 16 1901? * 1872 Lord Bantam, William Vaughan Tupper No 570 book plate * Poets Corner Library – Gems from Scott, early colored plates (some have the tissue paper adhered to the page), penciled Mrs. Endre’s Sale June 21 1945 * Tales from Shakespeare "For Lucile from Grand-pa Xmas 96" * 1853 Poems / Alexander Smith – To Bette & Tom June 30th 1867, scattered foxing to the pages * 1918 Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar * 1891 Threads Gathered Up, absent cover page, the bottom of page 3 has been cut horizontally as shown * Swiss Family Robinson -?Inscribed Carroll Douglass Merry Christmas from Marian Smith December 25 1896, darkening to the pages, the cover page is present but separated? * Black Beauty – Jessie J Black Merry Xmas 1896 – the cover is separating from the bound book
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