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Discover a centuries-spanning collection of intellectual history in our upcoming auction on June 3rd, featuring a remarkable assembly of rare scientific, military, and literary works. This curated selection includes foundational scientific texts like Thomas Young’s 1807 Lectures on Natural Philosophy, rare instruments such as vintage circular slide rules, and significant historical artifacts like Asa Bird Gardiner’s custom-bound Civil War atlas. The collection offers something for every serious bibliophile and historian.
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Lot 23

COLVIN, Sidney and EWING, J.A.. Papers by the late Fleeming Jenkin.

Estimate: $80 - $120
Starting Bid
$20

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COLVIN, Sidney (1845-1927) and EWING, James A. (1855-1935). Papers, Literary, Scientific, &c. by the late Fleeming Jenkin...
With a memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.., London. 1887.

2 volumes. 8vo. Red cloth with embossed border. Gilt title. Deckled edges.

Vol. 1: portrait, clxxiv, 268 pp., illustrations.
Vol. 2: 371 pp. 5 folding plates.

Each volume is H: 9 x W: 6 1/2 x D: 1 5/8 in. Fair to Poor. Cloth on spine of vol. 1 separating. Both spines fraying, bumped, and rubbed. Sun fading of spines. Covers slightly rubbed. Corners bumped.

Bookplates, interior front board: "Dr. Sydney Ross, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York."
Motto and crest of Order of the Garter, no name "153 G."

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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.