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Lot 77
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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200
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$200
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Lot Description
[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. FLOWER, Desmond and A. J. A. SYMONS, editors. The Book Collector's Quarterly. Numbers I-XVII. London: Vols. I-XVI: Cassell and Co., Ltd.; Vol. XVII: The First Editions Club, December 1930-June 1935.
17 volumes, 8vo. A few numbers illustrated. Original printed wrappers (some soiling).
FIRST EDITIONS, with articles including: Collecting Fashion Plates, by Vyvyan Holland; The Shirley Library by Shane Leslie; A Bibliography of Bookbinding by G. D. Hobson; A German Library by Hans Fürstenberg; Art and Art Books by Eric Gill; Eric Gill's Art Nonsense by D. H. Lawrence; Two Great Printers: William Morris (by Holbrook Jackson) and Rudolf Koch (by Paul Beaujon); The Nineteenth Century Forgeries, by A. J. A. Symonds; and an entire number devoted to English bookbinding.
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation