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Lot 231
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
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WOODBERRY, George Edward (1855-1930). A group of 19 works by or about Woodberry, from the collection of Woodberry scholar Louis V. Ledoux, most with his bookplate, many signed or inscribed by Woodberry, including:
The Relation of Pallas Athene to Athens. N.p.: Privately printed for the Signet Society of Harvard University, 1877. INSCRIBED BY WOODBERRY to Louis V. Ledoux. Slipcase and chemise. -- Wild Eden. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1899. FIRST EDITION. -- An Easter Ode. N.p.: printed for the Woodberry Society, 1918. Original printed wrappers. 3 copies. -- The Roamer. And Other Poems. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. FIRST EDITION, limited issue, number 43 of 100 copies SIGNED BY WOODBERRY. -- LEDOUX, Louis V. The Poetry of George Edward Woodberry. A Critical Study. New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1918. FIRST EDITION. -- And 14 others. Together, 19 works in 22 volumes, all in original cloth or printed wrappers, various first or later editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available on request.
Property from Historic Sengen House, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York