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Lot 66
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$438
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Lot Description
[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 4 works, comprising:
FIELDS, Mrs. James T. A Shelf of Old Books. New York, 1894. Half tan morocco gilt. [Bound in:] 1p. ALS (“A Fields”) to Mr. Goss. 20 November 1898. -- FIELDS, James T. Yesterdays With Authors. Boston and New York, 1900. Half brown morocco gilt. [Bound in:] Autograph manuscript signed (“James T. Fields”), a poem, “Franklin.” & 1 p. ALS (“James T. Fields”) to F. B. Sanborn. Boston, 12 February 1862. -- MATTHEWS, Brander. Pen and Ink. New York and London, 1888. Half brown morocco gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 12 of 110 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper. [Bound in:] Autograph letter signed (“Brander Matthews”) to Peck. New York, 6 October 1907. 1p. -- HERTZBERG, Edward. Fourty-Four Years As A Bookbinder. Chicago, 1933. Half red morocco gilt. -- Together 4 works in 4 volumes, 8vo.
Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery
