The Estelle Doheny Collection from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California : Sold on Behalf of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Part III : Printed books and manuscripts, including Western Americana. [ Christie's, auction catalogue, sale dates; 1-2 February, 1988 ]
by Christie Manson & Woods International Inc
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Top edge of text block stained (not affecting open pages), otherwise a Very Good clean copy. List of prices realized and buyers
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 1st and 2nd February, 1988. Boards, gilt, large 8vo, 31 cm,. 320, [6] pp, plates (some colour) ;. Lots 183 to 1010 Highlights of the sale included a fragment of 8 leaves from a Gutenberg bible broken up by Gabriel Wells; a substantial (56 lot) section on Mark Twain including the autograph manuscript of an unpublished Twain 'sketch' and a presentation copy, to the author's wife, of Huckleberry Finn 1885; and 118 lots of fore-edge paintings. Top edge of text block stained (not affecting open pages), otherwise a Very Good clean copy. List of prices realized and buyers loosely inserted,.
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- Wykeham Books
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- BIBLIO-02632
- Title
- The Estelle Doheny Collection from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California : Sold on Behalf of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Part III : Printed books and manuscripts, including Western Americana. [ Christie's, auction catalogue, sale dates; 1-2 February, 1988 ]
- Author
- Christie Manson & Woods International Inc
- Format/Binding
- Boards, gilt, large 8vo, 31 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Top edge of text block stained (not affecting open pages), otherwise a Very Good clean copy. List of prices realized and buyers
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 1st and 2nd February, 1988
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 320, [6] pp, plates (some colour) ;
- Keywords
- Doheny, Estelle, 1875-1958 Collection Library Early printed books Bibliography Catalogs Western Americana auction Catalogues Rare books Private libraries ark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) fore-edge paintings
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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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