1975: Fortieth Anniversary Catalogue Containing Forty Selections from Stock [ House of El Dieff, Inc., bookseller's catalogue, 1974 ]
by House of El Dieff, Inc ; Feldman, L.D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
House of El Dieff, Inc., New York, bookseller's catalogue, 1974. Cloth, 8vo, 31 cm,. [80] pp, plates. 40 items. Among the highlights noted were: The Canterbury Tales on Vellum Illuminated Manuscript, Chatsworth Copy 1455; the Eggestein Bible,Two Volumes, Contemporary Binding, 1466; Copernicus' De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium Inscribed by Rheticus, in the Binding Dated 1543; Dionisio Richel, Comendio Breve, unique copy 1544; Sir Francis Bacon, the Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon Large Paper Copy, 1605; Sir Francis Bacon, Instauratio Magna [ Organum] . Large Paper Copy, 1620; William Blake, Original Watercolor, circa 1800; Charles Gounod, Original Manuscript Orchestral Score for Faust, 1859; George Eliot, Collection of Author Corrected Proofs, 1860; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Most Valuable Collection of Manuscripts ever offered for sale,1887; Burne-Jones - William Morris, Tapestry, Angeli Ministrantes 1894; Kelmscott Chaucer on Vellum in the Doves Pigskin Binding, the Only Copy (of Three) available anywhere in the world. 1896. The total prices for the 40 items amounted to a little under two million dollars. Near Fine.
Details
- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-16190
- Title
- 1975: Fortieth Anniversary Catalogue Containing Forty Selections from Stock [ House of El Dieff, Inc., bookseller's catalogue, 1974 ]
- Author
- House of El Dieff, Inc ; Feldman, L.D
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, 8vo, 31 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- House of El Dieff, Inc., New York, bookseller's catalogue, 1974
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- [80] pp, plates
- Keywords
- House of El Dieff, Inc Rare books - Catalogs Manuscripts - Catalogs Art - Catalogs Feldman, Lew David;House of El Dieff, Inc
- Bookseller catalogs
- Booksellers' Catalogues;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Wykeham Books
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Vellum
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- Fine
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