Sale 20JJ01 | Lot 219

[McCLELLAN-MYNDERSE FAMILY] McClellan Mynderse and Allied Families.

Catalogue: Sporting & Travel Books From the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
[McCLELLAN-MYNDERSE FAMILY]  McClellan Mynderse and Allied Families.

Lot Details

Lot 219
[McCLELLAN-MYNDERSE FAMILY] McClellan Mynderse and Allied Families.
New York: American Historical Society, 1932. Full blue morocco with red morocco inlay, gilt tooled with armorial device to each cover and floral devices to inner covers, moire endpapers, the spine in six compartments separated by five raised bands, gilt lettered in two and tooled in the rest, all edges gilt. Hand-colored decorative title and dedication pages, plates. Light rubbing to edges, slight fraying to moire endpapers; Together with MYNDERSE, E. McCLELLAN. A Hunting Log. [New York: American Historical Society, 1923]. Specially prepared edition. Half blue gilt-ruled morocco with gilt morocco lettering piece to upper cover, the spine in six compartments separated by five raised bands, each gilt tooled, in slipcase. Light abrasions to endpapers, else about fine.
Sumptuously bound history of the McClellan-Mynderse family, along with the posthumous diary of Edwin McClellan which details his hunts after bighorn sheep, mountain goat, caribou, moose, grizzly bear, etc., in the Cassiar Range. Rare.


C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $1,250 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $1,250 (includes buyer's premium)

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Sporting & Travel Books From the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 10am EST