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Lot 312
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
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HALL, James (1793-1868). Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the West. Philadelphia: Harrison Hall, 1835.
8vo, 2 volumes. Frontispiece (spotting throughout second volume). Contemporary beige cloth (chipping to extremities, rubbed). Provenance: Dudley Bell Priester (1923-2017), Mississippi River collector and bibliographer (sold Bloomsbury, 20 November 2009). FIRST EDITION.
[With:] The West: Its Commerce and Navigation. Cincinnati: H.W. Derby & Co., 1848. 8vo (spotting throughout). Later brown cloth with original stamped cloth pasted over. Provenance: Dudley Bell Priester (1923-2017), Mississippi River collector and bibliographer, sold Bloomsbury, 20 November 2009). FIRST EDITION.
Property from the Collection of Perry B. Hansen