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[LITERATURE]. Group of 20 Works of Literature, Essays, and Fiction. [V.p., ca. 18th–20th century]. Group of 20 titles in 25 volumes. Includes: [two variant copies of] HUBBARD, Elbert. A Message to Garcia. New York: The Roycrofters., n.d. one lacking the front cover. Stamped leather bindings. —SMOLLETT, Tobias. The Adventures of Roderick Random. London: W. Strahan et.al., 1780. Vols. 1 & 2. Illustrated with frontispieces. Tenth edition. — LESTER, Charles. The Mountain Wild Flower: or, Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Ann Bise. New York: E. French, 1838. — DEKROYFT, S.H. A Place in Thy Memory. New York: John F. Throw, 1850. “Instead of their eyes, the blind pick up the gems of thought with their fingers.” — [Two variants of]: FAY, Theodore E. Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man. New York: J&J Harper, 1832. Vols. 1 & 2. One pair in early leather bindings; the other with green library rebacking. — COCKTON, Henry. The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist. London: William Nichols and Sons, n.d. — HATTON, Joseph. The White King of Manoa. New York: Fenno & Company, 1899. — HERRMAN, Louis. In the Sealed Cave. London: Williams & Norgate Ltd., 1935. First edition with the dust jacket. Illustrated by H.V. Meyerowitz. — CRADDOCK, Charles Egbert (Mary Noailles Murfree). In the Stranger People’s Country. New York: Harper & Brothers, N.d. (Orig. 1891), a later reprint. — The Literary Miscellany, Cambridge, Mass: William Hilliard, 1805. Vol. 1. — and several others. Mostly 8vo and 12mo. Leather, cloth, and pictorial bindings. VARIOUS EDITIONS. Condition varies. Worn with soiling, foxing, toning, creasing, and ownership marks. Generally good or better.