Emporium | November 20, 2025
Thu, Nov 20, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 1130
20 Sporting Titles
Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for
$250
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
including Tennis, Origins and Mysteries by Malcom D. Whitman, New York: The Derrydale Press, 1932, quarter cloth over paper covered boards, numbered 17/400 at limitation page; Yacht Navigation and Voyaging by Claud Worth, New York: Yachting Inc., 1929, second edition; A Decade of American Sporting Books and Prints, with an introduction by Eugene V. Connett, New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937, inscription from Connett to previous owner at front free fly; with 17 other titles, cloth bindings, most without jackets, many with previous owner's bookplate to front free fly papers, some with gift inscriptions, 22-1/2 x 12-3/4 x 9-1/2 in. overall
Provenance: Private Collection, Richmond, Virginia
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Private Collection, Richmond, Virginia
overall good condition, some fading to spines, areas of discoloration to boards, corners bumped, tearing and losses to jackets, some scattered foxing throughout； one of three copies (not inscribed copy) of <em>A Decade of Sporting</em> with moisture mark at foot of spine with some bleeding into interior； George Stubbs and Ben Marshall with moisture marks to boards and into interior
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