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Auction archive: Lot number 600

The Albert Schweitzer Jubilee Book - "Royal Deluxe" edition, signed by Schweitzer and finely bound

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$480
Auction archive: Lot number 600

The Albert Schweitzer Jubilee Book - "Royal Deluxe" edition, signed by Schweitzer and finely bound

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$480
Beschreibung:

Title: The Albert Schweitzer Jubilee Book - "Royal Deluxe" edition, signed by Schweitzer and finely bound Author: Roback, A.A., editor Place: Cambridge, Mass. Publisher: Sci-Art Publishers Date: [1945] Description: 508 pp. (Thick 8vo) 23.8x15.5 cm (9¼x6¼") finely bound in full brown morocco elaborately bordered in gilt on covers, floral design with green morocco onlays at center, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Copy no. 23 of an unspecified number of copies of the "Royal Deluxe" edition. Signed by Schweitzer on the front flyleaf and with an inserted leaf signed by the editor A.A. Roback, his assistants J.S. Bixler, and George Sarton and 10 of Schweitzer's associates, several of whom contributed writings to the book, including Sir Philip Manson-Bahr, Roland H. Bainton, Karl Vietor, W. Ernest Cooke, and others. Tipped in at the front is a typed letter from the publisher, to a Mr. Fuchs informing him of the shipment of the "Royal Deluxe" from the binder and enclosing the leaf of signatures (now tipped in). Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to extremities, leather light soiled; about fine. Item number: 233719

Auction archive: Lot number 600
Auction:
Datum:
14 Mar 2013
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: The Albert Schweitzer Jubilee Book - "Royal Deluxe" edition, signed by Schweitzer and finely bound Author: Roback, A.A., editor Place: Cambridge, Mass. Publisher: Sci-Art Publishers Date: [1945] Description: 508 pp. (Thick 8vo) 23.8x15.5 cm (9¼x6¼") finely bound in full brown morocco elaborately bordered in gilt on covers, floral design with green morocco onlays at center, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Copy no. 23 of an unspecified number of copies of the "Royal Deluxe" edition. Signed by Schweitzer on the front flyleaf and with an inserted leaf signed by the editor A.A. Roback, his assistants J.S. Bixler, and George Sarton and 10 of Schweitzer's associates, several of whom contributed writings to the book, including Sir Philip Manson-Bahr, Roland H. Bainton, Karl Vietor, W. Ernest Cooke, and others. Tipped in at the front is a typed letter from the publisher, to a Mr. Fuchs informing him of the shipment of the "Royal Deluxe" from the binder and enclosing the leaf of signatures (now tipped in). Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to extremities, leather light soiled; about fine. Item number: 233719

Auction archive: Lot number 600
Auction:
Datum:
14 Mar 2013
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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