Emporium Auction
Thu, Apr 8, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 26
Assorted Group of Five Books, Various Subjects
Estimate: $300 - $500
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: Illuminated Ornaments Selected from Manuscripts and Early Printed Books... illustrated by Henry Shaw, descriptions by Sir Frederic Madden, London: William Pickering, 1833, containing numerous hand colored engravings, bound in half leather over cloth boards, morocco spine label with gilt lettering; Audubon's America, edited by Donald Culross Peattie, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940, containing numerous facsimile color prints, with slipcase; Old English Sporting Prints and their History by Ralph Nevill, London: The Studio, 1923; Currier & Ives: Printmakers to the American People by Harry T. Peters, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931, with slipcase; African Game Trails by Theodore Roosevelt, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910[Philanthropists] - Provenance: Totteridge Book Shop, New York, N.Y., August 1971 (Illuminated Manuscripts only, accompanied by descriptive letter); Private North Carolina Collection
all with wear to extremities, bumped corners, scattered light staining throughout, slipcases with minor wear and staining
