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[SPORTING - SOUTH CAROLINA] RUTLEDGE, ARCHIBALD. Old Plantation Days.
[SPORTING - SOUTH CAROLINA] RUTLEDGE, ARCHIBALD. Old Plantation Days. Cumberland, Maryland: The Eddy Press, [1905]. First edition, one of 500 copies, signed by the author. Publisher's green cloth backed gray boards, title stamped on upper board in black, gilt spine title. 8 x 5 1/4 inches (20.5 x 13.75 cm); 160 pp., frontispiece, plate. Rubbing and wear to extremities, boards a bit scuffed, contents with light toning and occasional foxing, faint offsetting from frontispiece, a few short marginal tears not affecting text.
A signed copy of Rutledge's scarce first book, reportedly published in an edition of only 500 copies. This book and the 1921 Rutledge book of the same name are different works.
Provenance: The Collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
Sold for $756
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Includes Buyer's Premium
[SPORTING - SOUTH CAROLINA] RUTLEDGE, ARCHIBALD. Old Plantation Days. Cumberland, Maryland: The Eddy Press, [1905]. First edition, one of 500 copies, signed by the author. Publisher's green cloth backed gray boards, title stamped on upper board in black, gilt spine title. 8 x 5 1/4 inches (20.5 x 13.75 cm); 160 pp., frontispiece, plate. Rubbing and wear to extremities, boards a bit scuffed, contents with light toning and occasional foxing, faint offsetting from frontispiece, a few short marginal tears not affecting text.
A signed copy of Rutledge's scarce first book, reportedly published in an edition of only 500 copies. This book and the 1921 Rutledge book of the same name are different works.
Provenance: The Collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023
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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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