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Auction archive: Lot number 45

HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM [FRANK FORESTER] | The Warwick Woodlands, or Things as They Were, Ten Years Ago. By Frank Forester. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co., 1845

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 45

HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM [FRANK FORESTER] | The Warwick Woodlands, or Things as They Were, Ten Years Ago. By Frank Forester. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co., 1845

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" JohnsonHERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM [FRANK FORESTER]The Warwick Woodlands, or Things as They Were, Ten Years Ago. By Frank Forester. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co., 1845 12mo (7 x 4 1/4 in.; 178 x 109 mm). Minor foxing. Half dark blue morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in five compartments, second gilt-lettered, edges speckled red, decorative endpapers; overall rubbed, some chips to morocco. First edition. "This work, generally acclaimed Herbert's finest sporting novel, first appeared in The American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, from May to November, 1839" (Van Winkle). A celebrated American sporting novel, originally issued in wrappers, few of which survive. REFERENCE:Van Winkle 13–17 PROVENANCE:Jeffrey Norton (bookplate to front pastedown)Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 45
Auction:
Datum:
14 May 2020 - 21 May 2020
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" JohnsonHERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM [FRANK FORESTER]The Warwick Woodlands, or Things as They Were, Ten Years Ago. By Frank Forester. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co., 1845 12mo (7 x 4 1/4 in.; 178 x 109 mm). Minor foxing. Half dark blue morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in five compartments, second gilt-lettered, edges speckled red, decorative endpapers; overall rubbed, some chips to morocco. First edition. "This work, generally acclaimed Herbert's finest sporting novel, first appeared in The American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, from May to November, 1839" (Van Winkle). A celebrated American sporting novel, originally issued in wrappers, few of which survive. REFERENCE:Van Winkle 13–17 PROVENANCE:Jeffrey Norton (bookplate to front pastedown)Condition ReportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 45
Auction:
Datum:
14 May 2020 - 21 May 2020
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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