Sale 21BP03 | Lot 6

[AMERICANA-ANTIQUARIAN] A large group of finely bound works on early American subjects, many of revolutionary and antiquarian interest.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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[AMERICANA-ANTIQUARIAN] A large group of finely bound works on early American subjects, many of revolutionary and antiquarian interest.

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Lot 6
[AMERICANA-ANTIQUARIAN] A large group of finely bound works on early American subjects, many of revolutionary and antiquarian interest.
All but one leather bound, 14 works in 34 volumes, a very attractive and clean group overall but subject to foxing, markings, etc. No work fully collated and the lot sold as a collection, not subject to return.

Comprising: LOSSING, BENJAMIN. The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812, 1868, three volumes extra-illustrated with manuscript material and portraits, modern three-quarters morocco gilt, a fine example; FISKE, JOHN. The Discovery of America, 1892, one of 250 copies of the Large Paper Edition, 4 volumes in modern red three-quarters morocco gilt; FISKE, JOHN. The American Revolution, 1892, extra-illustrated, two volumes, contemporary three-quarters morocco; FEARON, HENRY BRADSHAW. Sketches of America..., London, 1818, second edition, modern three-quarters morocco; FISKE, JOHN. Old Virginia and her Neighbors, 1900, one of 250 copies of the Large Paper Edition, two volumes, modern three-quarters leather; STONE, WILLIAM. Visits to the Saratoga Battle-Grounds, 1895, three-quarters morocco gilt; LOSSING, BENJAMIN. The Home of Washington and its Associations, 1866, two volumes, foxing, staining at end; HOUGH, FRANKLIN B. Washingtonia; or, Memorials of the Death of George Washington, 1865, two volumes, modern three-quarters morocco, with many portraits of Washington, a fine set; FISKE, JOHN. The Critical Period of American History, 1898, one of 250 copies, later three-quarters morocco, fade to spine; FORD, PAUL LEICESTER. Pamphlets [and:] Essays on the Constitution of the United States; ALLEN, GARDNER. [American Naval Histories], four volumes bound to match in full morocco, the bindings tight; TREVELYAN, SIR GEORGE OTTO. The American Revolution..., seven volumes bound to match in full tan morocco gilt, some uneven fading; and FREEMAN, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL. Lee's Lieutenant's, 1924, three volumes, three-quarters red morocco gilt. The lot 34 volumes.

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Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for $16,380 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for $16,380 (includes buyer's premium)
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