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The collection is my fathers who just turned 90. For most of his life he was a bookbinder and he did the custom book binding on all but the last few years. He has assigned me the task of finding someone who will enjoy these as much as he did. 

This is a one-of-a-kind set that should be kept intact.  I don't have these at my home so I only have the one "teaser" picture attached right now.  I believe the complete run is from 1912-2012 or 1913-2013.  If the earlier years were quarterly they would be in a single binding.  All others would be 2 bindings per year making the entire collection of 200 bound books!

There are some earlier volumes and a few loose issues.  The maps were removed and saved in a separate box. 

We are in Salt Lake City, Utah.  If that's close by you could save the cost of shipping these heavy volumes.

I'll be at his house this weekend and take more pictures to show the beauty of the collection and the detail of the bindings.

Any questions, email me at don.hancock@gmail.com .

Thanks for looking!

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Beautiful collection!

Good luck with your sale!

Mel

Don,

     We seldom see collections privately bound.... and when we do they don't look anywhere as beautiful as your set. Best of luck in selling your  set......

Phil

P.S....... Am looking forward to more pictures of this unique collection

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