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Lot 105
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
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$406
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Lot Description
[FINE PRESS]. A group of 5 fine press works, comprising:
BERNADIN DE SAINT-PIERRE, Jacques Henri. Paul et Virginie. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. Number 167 of 280 copies. -- BECK, L. Adams. The Ghost Plays of Japan. New York: The Japan Society, 1933. One of 1,000 copies printed for the Japan Society by the Walpole Printing Office. -- WEBB, Mary. The Chinese Lion. London: Bertram Rota, 1937. -- WILDE, Oscar. Salomé. André Derain, illustrator. Paris: for The Limited Editions Club, 1938. Number 426 of 1,500 copies SIGNED BY DERAIN. Provenance: Francis Bayard Rives. -- LIFAR, Serge. Pensées sur la Danse. Aristide Maillol, illustrator. Paris: Bordas, 1946. Number 458 of 350 copies on vélin de Rives of a total edition of 720 copies. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all in original cloth, boards or portfolios, LIMITED EDITIONS where indicated, condition generally good.
Property from Historic Sengen House, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York