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Fine General Antiques 9-18-26

Fri, Sep 18, 2026 01:00PM EDT
Lot 220

Vintage Cram's Modern Atlas-Pictorial History Estate Library Book Collection

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(8) Original 19th/ 20th Century Vintage Cram's Modern Atlas-Pictorial History Estate Library Book Collection to include: 'Picturesque Europe' The British Isles Vol. 1, Edited by Bayard Taylor, Published in New York by D. Appleton and Co., Copyright 1875 by Appleton and Co., 488 pages, Illustrated on steel and wood by European and American artists; 'Picturesque Europe' Great Britain and The Continent, Vol. 2 - Div. 4, Edited by Bayard Taylor, Copyright 1878 by D. Appleton and Co., 460 pages, Illustrated on Steel and Wood by European and American Artists; 'Pictorial History of World's Great Nations' by Charlotte M. Yonge, Published in New York by Selmar Hess, Copyright 1882 by Selmar Hess, 392 pages with full and partial page illustrations; 'The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe' Vol. 2, by Robert Brown, Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin: London, Paris and New York, 320 pages with full page and partial page illustrations; 'London and It's Environs' The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster, Engraved by John Woods from Original Drawings, Edited by William Gray Fearnside, Esq., and by Thomas Harral, Published by Orr and Co., Simpkin, Marshall and Co., Ackermann and Co., and J. Woods, 158 pages with illustrations; 'Cram's Modern Atlas the World Indexed', Containing Complete Series of Maps of Geography, exhibiting the World and It's various Political Divisions of every State and every Country of the time, Copyright 1901 by George F. Cram, Published by H.C. Hudgins Company, Atlanta, GA, George F. Cram editorially assisted by Dr. Eugene Murray-Aaron, Israel Smith Clare, Prof. John Klooster and Charles E. Aaron, 782 pages with Illustrations, Statistics, Diagrams and An Elaborate Gazeteer; (2) 'Pictorial History of the World's Great Nations' by Charlotte M. Yonge, Vol. 1, Copyright 1882 by Selmar Hess, Published in New York by Selmar Hess, 580 pages with Illustrations. All Books are original and appear in good overall condition, with some having loose bindings and pages. Please see photos.

Condition

Very Good

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Brothers Collection

Yes