I am not an authenticator, but I can tell you these have been around for a long time, and a number of Berg owned books have been in the book collecting hobby for years and are considered real. Some are more interesting than others and these are likely of the less interesting variety. I have checked recently but at one point the very highest end, top rare booksellers had some at extremely high prices, of course these were also very interesting or related to some significant event.
As far as books owned by famous people with their note and comments, these are my favorite. In book collecting circles they are called association copies and are highly sought after, much more than just autographed copies etc. I have a number of early baseball histories and books annotated by George Wright and Henry Chadwick and they are by far my favorite pieces. Too bad you have to rely on sellers choice.
Good luck
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