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Auction archive: Lot number 10

BAUM, L. FRANK]. RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Indianapolis, [1902]. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. 8vo, original decorated cloth, upper cover with mounted pictorial label and gilt-decorated, some rubbing and wear; upper ...

Auction 05.12.1996
5 Dec 1996
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$4,025
Auction archive: Lot number 10

BAUM, L. FRANK]. RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Indianapolis, [1902]. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. 8vo, original decorated cloth, upper cover with mounted pictorial label and gilt-decorated, some rubbing and wear; upper ...

Auction 05.12.1996
5 Dec 1996
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$4,025
Beschreibung:

BAUM, L. FRANK]. RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Indianapolis, [1902]. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy 8vo, original decorated cloth, upper cover with mounted pictorial label and gilt-decorated, some rubbing and wear; upper hinge cracked. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BAUM TO HIS WIFE MAUD on the front flyleaf: "For 'An Old Sweetheart of Mine' who remains ever a youthful and tender Sweetheart, in defiance of time and his works. Frank. Christmas 1902." Abbreviated signatures by Baum on his presentation inscriptions are uncommon and perhaps exclusively reserved for presentations to his wife.

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
5 Dec 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

BAUM, L. FRANK]. RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB. An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Indianapolis, [1902]. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy 8vo, original decorated cloth, upper cover with mounted pictorial label and gilt-decorated, some rubbing and wear; upper hinge cracked. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BAUM TO HIS WIFE MAUD on the front flyleaf: "For 'An Old Sweetheart of Mine' who remains ever a youthful and tender Sweetheart, in defiance of time and his works. Frank. Christmas 1902." Abbreviated signatures by Baum on his presentation inscriptions are uncommon and perhaps exclusively reserved for presentations to his wife.

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
5 Dec 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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