Sale 665: Mid-Winter Miscellany Part II - with Illustrated & Children's Books (#665) 01/24/2019 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Beautifuly illustrated catalogue of American bookbindings  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$270
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$200 - $300

Title:
American Bookbindings in the Library of Henry William Poor

Author:
Du Bois, Henri Pene

Place:
Jamaica, New York

Publisher:
George D. Smith

Date:
1903

Description:

Illustrated in Gold-leaf and Colors by Edward Bierstadt. Frontis and 39 chromolithographed plates. 8vo, original gray-green cloth, gilt lettering. Printed at the Marion Press. First edition, number 164 of 200 numbered copies on Dutch handmade paper.

An elaborate and beautiful catalogue of American bindings, with striking color plates.


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Condition:
Bookplate on the front paste-down of Charles Walker Andrews. Binding slightly worn and soiled; some offsetting from the plates; very good.


 
Item number:
300124
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