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Lot 296
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$375
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Lot Description
[GRABHORN PRINTING]. AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.). The Subtyl Historyes and Fables. William CAXTON, translator. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1930.
8vo. Title-page illustration printed in color, 6 head-pieces printed in color and gilt, and red initials all by Valenti Angelo. (Slight browning to sheet edges.) Full brown morocco gilt (tiny scuff to head of spine, otherwise fine). Provenance: Lee Stopple (presentation inscription).
LIMITED EDITION, number 179 of 200 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY EDWIN GRABHORN: "for Lee Stopple from Ed Grabhorn." Printed on unbleached Arnold paper and bound by the Press. Original prospectus laid in. GB 142. A FINE COPY.
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation