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Auction archive: Lot number 206

Original metal printing plate for the illustration by John R. Neill printed on page 341 of The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,200
Auction archive: Lot number 206

Original metal printing plate for the illustration by John R. Neill printed on page 341 of The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,200
Beschreibung:

Title: Original metal printing plate for the illustration by John R. Neill printed on page 341 of The Patchwork Girl of Oz Author: Neill, John R. Place: [Chicago] Publisher: Date: c.1913 Description: The plate measures 18x13 cm (7x5"), set loose in a cloth mat, housed in custom-made half green levant morocco folding case, spine lettered in gilt. With the plate is a proof printing on paper of the illustration, and a finely printed edition in wrappers of "John R. Neil: Imperial Illustrator of Oz" by Michael Patrick Hearn, limited to 80 copies from the Ascensius Press of South Freeport, Maine, printed in 2014. Rare printing plate for an illustration by John R. Neill, "The End," showing Ojo hugging his Unc Nunkie, just freed from being a statue by the Wizard's magic. At the conclusion of Michael Patrick Hearn's essay on Neill, he describes the discovery of the printing plates: "It had long been assumed that all of the original printing plates for the Oz Books had been destroyed over the years first during the scrap metal drives of World War II and after Reilly & Lee was purchased by Henry Regnery, who eventually dropped all of the Oz titles except Baum's. Unexpectedly last December a significant number of these long forgotten plates turned up in New York. They came from the internationally renowned Richard Manney collection of rare books and comprise the only set known to have survived. The well-known book and art dealers, James Cummins and Lou Weinstein, purchased the lot of them and had proofs professionally pulled of each plate. The collection is now offered for sale as individual numbered boxed printing plates, each with its own same size proof." Lot Amendments Condition: Fine condition. Item number: 279977a

Auction archive: Lot number 206
Auction:
Datum:
4 May 2017
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: Original metal printing plate for the illustration by John R. Neill printed on page 341 of The Patchwork Girl of Oz Author: Neill, John R. Place: [Chicago] Publisher: Date: c.1913 Description: The plate measures 18x13 cm (7x5"), set loose in a cloth mat, housed in custom-made half green levant morocco folding case, spine lettered in gilt. With the plate is a proof printing on paper of the illustration, and a finely printed edition in wrappers of "John R. Neil: Imperial Illustrator of Oz" by Michael Patrick Hearn, limited to 80 copies from the Ascensius Press of South Freeport, Maine, printed in 2014. Rare printing plate for an illustration by John R. Neill, "The End," showing Ojo hugging his Unc Nunkie, just freed from being a statue by the Wizard's magic. At the conclusion of Michael Patrick Hearn's essay on Neill, he describes the discovery of the printing plates: "It had long been assumed that all of the original printing plates for the Oz Books had been destroyed over the years first during the scrap metal drives of World War II and after Reilly & Lee was purchased by Henry Regnery, who eventually dropped all of the Oz titles except Baum's. Unexpectedly last December a significant number of these long forgotten plates turned up in New York. They came from the internationally renowned Richard Manney collection of rare books and comprise the only set known to have survived. The well-known book and art dealers, James Cummins and Lou Weinstein, purchased the lot of them and had proofs professionally pulled of each plate. The collection is now offered for sale as individual numbered boxed printing plates, each with its own same size proof." Lot Amendments Condition: Fine condition. Item number: 279977a

Auction archive: Lot number 206
Auction:
Datum:
4 May 2017
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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