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Lot 4
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 -
400
Price Realized
$512
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY]. BEEBE, William (1877-1962). A group of works, SOME SIGNED, including:
The Bird: Its Form and Function. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1906. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY WITH HANDWRITTEN LETTER AND ADDITIONAL NOTE FROM BEEBE. -- Jungle Peace. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1918. -- The Arcturus Adventure. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 large paper copies. -- Pheasants: Their Lives and Homes. Garden City: Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1926. 2 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, number 110 of 201 copies. SIGNED BY BEEBE. -- Nonsuch: Land of Water. New York: Brewer, Warren, & Putnam, 1932. FIRST EDITION. -- Unseen Life of New York. New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1953. FIRST EDITION. -- A Naturalist's Life of New York. London: The Bodley Head, 1954. FIRST BRITISH EDITION.
And 20 others. Together, 27 works in 28 volumes, all 8vo and 4to sizes and all in original bindings. Condition generally fine.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.
