Ending Aug 15, 2023 11:13 EST

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

 
  Lot 74
 

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[HUNTING MEMOIR] DENNETT, CARL P. That Reminds Me.

Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

[HUNTING MEMOIR]
DENNETT, CARL P. That Reminds Me.
Boston: Privately Printed, 1947. Signed and inscribed by the author. Publisher's red cloth backed boards, spine lettered in gilt and front board in red. 9 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm); [10], 220 pp., portrait frontispiece and plates after photographs. A few areas of wear to extremities, grey cloth with some small discolored areas, spine lightly toned.

A privately printed memoir by Carl P. Dennett recounting his youth in Maine, his military service in World War I, his varied and successful career as an industrialist and financier, and much more. It includes chapters on hunting and fishing in Maine, Scotland, Florida, and South Carolina. Rare - no copies have previously appeared at auction (per RareBookHub), no copies are available in the trade (as of 7/18/2023), and there are only a handful of copies in institutional collections (per WorldCat).

Sold for $283
Estimated at $60 - $80

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Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

[HUNTING MEMOIR]
DENNETT, CARL P. That Reminds Me.
Boston: Privately Printed, 1947. Signed and inscribed by the author. Publisher's red cloth backed boards, spine lettered in gilt and front board in red. 9 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm); [10], 220 pp., portrait frontispiece and plates after photographs. A few areas of wear to extremities, grey cloth with some small discolored areas, spine lightly toned.

A privately printed memoir by Carl P. Dennett recounting his youth in Maine, his military service in World War I, his varied and successful career as an industrialist and financier, and much more. It includes chapters on hunting and fishing in Maine, Scotland, Florida, and South Carolina. Rare - no copies have previously appeared at auction (per RareBookHub), no copies are available in the trade (as of 7/18/2023), and there are only a handful of copies in institutional collections (per WorldCat).

Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023

  • Successful Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023
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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023. Offered was a summer miscellany of sporting material, Americana, fine bindings, literature, autographs, maps and more!
 

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