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Auction archive: Lot number 245

North American Big Game: Official Measurement Records

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$840
Auction archive: Lot number 245

North American Big Game: Official Measurement Records

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$840
Beschreibung:

Title: North American Big Game: Official Measurement Records Author: Gray, Prentiss N. Place: Bridgeport, CT Publisher: Remington Arms Company Date: 1934 Description: 38 + [10] pages of detachable charts. Photographs of big game within. 20.2x25.4 cm. (8x10"), original green wrappers printed in black, in custom cloth chemise and slipcase. "The scarcity of this work is due to its extremely low survival rate. The bulk of the copies were either discarded or returned to Remington. Our estimate is that fewer than one hundred copies survive today." -Siegel 79. A reprint of the measurement tables at rear (with some changes), which were originally published in Records of North American Big Game by The Derrydale Press of 1932 (see Siegel 63). The title page lists The Derrydale Press, New York at the bottom right bottom edge. Lot Amendments Condition: Very faint scratches to wrapper covers; else fine. Item number: 215809

Auction archive: Lot number 245
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: North American Big Game: Official Measurement Records Author: Gray, Prentiss N. Place: Bridgeport, CT Publisher: Remington Arms Company Date: 1934 Description: 38 + [10] pages of detachable charts. Photographs of big game within. 20.2x25.4 cm. (8x10"), original green wrappers printed in black, in custom cloth chemise and slipcase. "The scarcity of this work is due to its extremely low survival rate. The bulk of the copies were either discarded or returned to Remington. Our estimate is that fewer than one hundred copies survive today." -Siegel 79. A reprint of the measurement tables at rear (with some changes), which were originally published in Records of North American Big Game by The Derrydale Press of 1932 (see Siegel 63). The title page lists The Derrydale Press, New York at the bottom right bottom edge. Lot Amendments Condition: Very faint scratches to wrapper covers; else fine. Item number: 215809

Auction archive: Lot number 245
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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