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Auction archive: Lot number 82

Three miniature books

Estimate
US$150 - US$250
Price realised:
US$144
Auction archive: Lot number 82

Three miniature books

Estimate
US$150 - US$250
Price realised:
US$144
Beschreibung:

Title: Three miniature books Author: Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Includes: Orr, Carolyn Grabhorn. Scrimshaw. Black & white illustrations by the author throughout. 25x20 mm, original brown leather with ivory plaque of a ship on the front cover, marbled endpapers. Deluxe copy. [1986]. John of Asia and the Goat. Frontispiece. 25x20 mm, original blue and yellow cloth-backed boards, paper labels on spine and front cover. First Edition. 1955. The Danlan Alphabet of Adrian Goddijn. Introduction by Ben Engelhart. Colored letters throughout. 19x20 mm, original leather with raised bands on spine. No. 4 of 4 copies "bound for D. V. Welsh." Signed by the introducer. Date unknown. Together 3 volumes. Three scarce editions, all with the miniature bookplate of Grace Broecker. Bradbury, Mosaic Press 90; Welsh 4044. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear; overall near fine. Item number: 263396

Auction archive: Lot number 82
Auction:
Datum:
3 Sep 2015
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: Three miniature books Author: Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Includes: Orr, Carolyn Grabhorn. Scrimshaw. Black & white illustrations by the author throughout. 25x20 mm, original brown leather with ivory plaque of a ship on the front cover, marbled endpapers. Deluxe copy. [1986]. John of Asia and the Goat. Frontispiece. 25x20 mm, original blue and yellow cloth-backed boards, paper labels on spine and front cover. First Edition. 1955. The Danlan Alphabet of Adrian Goddijn. Introduction by Ben Engelhart. Colored letters throughout. 19x20 mm, original leather with raised bands on spine. No. 4 of 4 copies "bound for D. V. Welsh." Signed by the introducer. Date unknown. Together 3 volumes. Three scarce editions, all with the miniature bookplate of Grace Broecker. Bradbury, Mosaic Press 90; Welsh 4044. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear; overall near fine. Item number: 263396

Auction archive: Lot number 82
Auction:
Datum:
3 Sep 2015
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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