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Auction archive: Lot number 203

Early American Sporting Books, 1734-1844 - Original Manuscript, typescript, galley proofs, author's copy, & presentation copy

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$9,000
Auction archive: Lot number 203

Early American Sporting Books, 1734-1844 - Original Manuscript, typescript, galley proofs, author's copy, & presentation copy

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$9,000
Beschreibung:

Title: Early American Sporting Books, 1734-1844 - Original Manuscript, typescript, galley proofs, author's copy, & presentation copy Author: Gee, Ernest Place: New York Publisher: Derrydale Press Date: 1928 Description: Complete file of the making of Gee's Early American Sporting Books. Includes: Original holograph manuscript with copious annotation and emendation, all in Gee's hand. On approximately 100 leaves of lined paper (includes material that does not appear in the finished book). * Typescript, heavily corrected, with illustrations, directions to the printer, etc. * The original galley proofs. * The author's own copy (though without author's bookplate or other identifying marks), bound in full brown morocco. * Another copy of the finished book in original cloth-backed boards. Inscribed by Gee on front free endpaper: Inscribed to W.M. Van Winkle at a Forester dinner celebrating the publication of the finest bibliography of Frank Forester by W.M.V.W. May 27th 1936. Ernest R. Gee". With Van Winkle's bookplate. The first three items each in its own matching red morocco backed slipcase, with chemises, the last item in a slipcase of a different style, the author's copy not boxed. A unique and important publication archive of the first bibliographic study of early American sporting books. Lot Amendments Condition: A bit of wear and expected signs of age; overall near fine. Item number: 218956

Auction archive: Lot number 203
Auction:
Datum:
16 Sep 2010
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Early American Sporting Books, 1734-1844 - Original Manuscript, typescript, galley proofs, author's copy, & presentation copy Author: Gee, Ernest Place: New York Publisher: Derrydale Press Date: 1928 Description: Complete file of the making of Gee's Early American Sporting Books. Includes: Original holograph manuscript with copious annotation and emendation, all in Gee's hand. On approximately 100 leaves of lined paper (includes material that does not appear in the finished book). * Typescript, heavily corrected, with illustrations, directions to the printer, etc. * The original galley proofs. * The author's own copy (though without author's bookplate or other identifying marks), bound in full brown morocco. * Another copy of the finished book in original cloth-backed boards. Inscribed by Gee on front free endpaper: Inscribed to W.M. Van Winkle at a Forester dinner celebrating the publication of the finest bibliography of Frank Forester by W.M.V.W. May 27th 1936. Ernest R. Gee". With Van Winkle's bookplate. The first three items each in its own matching red morocco backed slipcase, with chemises, the last item in a slipcase of a different style, the author's copy not boxed. A unique and important publication archive of the first bibliographic study of early American sporting books. Lot Amendments Condition: A bit of wear and expected signs of age; overall near fine. Item number: 218956

Auction archive: Lot number 203
Auction:
Datum:
16 Sep 2010
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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