Sale 19JJ05 | Lot 212

PHILLIPS, JOHN C. Frank W. Killam.

Catalogue: Americana & Hunting Books from the Estate of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

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Lot 212
PHILLIPS, JOHN C. Frank W. Killam.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Privately Printed, 1935. First edition, presentation copy. Original pale blue printed wrappers. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; [8] pp.; signed presentation slip laid in. Pale staining to lower corner of wrappers with light edgewear, minor occasional foxing.
Cover title: "F. W. K." With autograph presentation slip signed: "Compliments of John C. Phillips", with his address printed at the top of the card, and an additional inscription to the front free endpaper "E. G. H. from J. P. Xmas 1935". Phillips was an American hunter, zoologist, ornithologist, and environmentalist. This pamphlet was privately printed on the occasion of Frank Killam's death, with remembrances of hunting after grouse and partridge. Rare; only one copy listed in WorldCat, and only one auction record traced: sold in a group lot of three pamphlets for $4,620 in 2007.


C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $300 - $500

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Americana & Hunting Books from the Estate of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 10am EDT