1920's 27 Little Leather Library Robert Haas Luxart Red Leather Mini Pockt Books
$ 51.75
Description
1920's 27 Little Leather Library Robert Haas Luxart Red Leather Mini Pockt Books. Each book cover is embossed with the title, author, and a decorative border. The spine of the book is embossed with the title. Lot of 27 Books. New York, NY. Made in USA. Various Authors. I am not an expert, but will describe each book's condition the best that I can. 1920's Little Leather Library/Robert K. Haas Red Leather Pocket Sized Miniature Books. Lot of 27 Books. Luxart. New York, NY. Made in USA. Various Authors. Various Conditions (see photos and see descriptions below). I am not an expert, but will describe each book's condition the best that I can. The Little Leather Library Corporation was founded in 1916 and bought by Robert K. Haas in 1922. Production of new titles for these red miniature books was discontinued in 1925. Each book cover is embossed with the title, author, and a decorative border. The spine of the book is embossed with the title. The rear cover is embossed with Little Luxart Library surrounded in decorative border. Due to their age, all books are toning. Most leather covers and pages are brittle. All books are bound and enclosed in their cover. Leather covers are in various conditions. Overall, these books are in excellent condition, with a few that are in good or fair condition. All books have all of their original pages intact. Titles and Condition: 1. Speeches And Letters by George Washington. Excellent condition. 2. Man Without A Country by Edward Everett Hale. Excellent condition. 3. Will O' The Mill by Robert Louis Stevenson. Excellent condition. 4. Greatest Thing In The World by Henry Drummond. Excellent condition. 5. The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe. Excellent condition. 6. Lays Of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Excellent condtion. 7. Poems by Robert Burns. Excellent condition. 8. The Ancient Mariner by Samuel T. Coleridge. Excellent condition. 9. A Child's Garden Of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. Excellent condition. 10. Speeches And Addresses by Abraham Lincoln. Excellent condition. 11. Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling. Excellent condition. 12. Salome by Oscar Wilde. Front cover edge slightly curling upwards. Excellent condition. 13. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Front cover edge slightly curling upwards. Excellent condition. 14. Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle. Excellent condition. 15. The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitz Gerald. Front cover edge slightly curling upwards. Excellent condition. 16. Courtship Of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Front and back cover edge slightly curling. Excellent condition. 17. Short Stories by Guy DeMaupassant. Pencil marks on cover/title page. Dark discoloration on front and back cover. Torn left upper corner on back cover. Several small chippings on front cover edges. Pen markings throughout. Some pages slightly "dog-eared". Light water mark at top of back cover page. Fair condition. 18. Fifty Best Poems Of England. No Author. Torn front cover/title page. Good condition. 19. The Tempest by William Shakespeare. White chalk (?) marks on back cover page. Small tear on edge of back cover page. Fair condition. 20. Friendship And Other Essays by Henry Thoreau. Black mark on inside of back cover. Good condition. 21. The Coming of Arthur by Alfred Tennyson. Water droplets front cover/title page. Small tear right edge of cover/title page. Dog-eared right upper corner of cover/title page and page after. Good condition. 22. Ballad Of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. Front cover/title page torn at bottom. Good condition. 23. Bab Ballads by W.S. Gilbert. Front, inside cover was stuck to the front cover/title page. Good condition. 24. Poems by Robert Browning. Torn cover/title page at bottom and edge. Good condition. 25. Enoch Arden by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Excellent condition. 26. The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde. Small tears on cover page. Excellent condition. 27. Dreams by Olive Schreiner. Slight creased, front cover edge from being folder over the pages. Excellent condition. Please let me know if you have any questions and/or would like additional photos.
