Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family
[SPORTING]
CLAFLIN, WM. H., Jr. Partridge Adventures. [Cambridge, Mass.]: Privately Printed, 1951. First edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to James H. Lowell, and with "Compliments of the Author" card laid in. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered, top edge gilt. 9 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm); 65 pp., frontispiece and plates after photographs. Extremities barely rubbed, slight spine lean, altogether a lovely example.
An uncommon privately printed volume recounting the author's partridge hunting adventures in New Hampshire and New York.
Sold for $189
Estimated at $80 - $120
Includes Buyer's Premium
Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family
[SPORTING]
CLAFLIN, WM. H., Jr. Partridge Adventures. [Cambridge, Mass.]: Privately Printed, 1951. First edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to James H. Lowell, and with "Compliments of the Author" card laid in. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered, top edge gilt. 9 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm); 65 pp., frontispiece and plates after photographs. Extremities barely rubbed, slight spine lean, altogether a lovely example.
An uncommon privately printed volume recounting the author's partridge hunting adventures in New Hampshire and New York.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023
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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