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Auction archive: Lot number 235

Twenty-five miniature books published by the Black Cat Press

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$300
Auction archive: Lot number 235

Twenty-five miniature books published by the Black Cat Press

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$300
Beschreibung:

Title: Twenty-five miniature books published by the Black Cat Press Author: Place: Chicago, IL Publisher: Black Cat Press Date: 1937-1969 Description: 25 fine limited edition miniature books from the press of Norman W. Forgue. Including the first book from the press. Includes: Gutenberg, To Printers Throughout the World. Wrappers. 1937 One Hundred Proverbs Adapted from the Japanese. 1960. Schwarzwald, Eugenie. The Homecoming of the Lost Book. 1961. The Song of Songs, Which is Solomon's. 1961. Davis, Frank Marshall. Black Man's Verse. One of 21 copies bound later without front cover design. 1961. La Gallienne, Richard. Two Essays. 1961. J.B.H., Jr. A Christmas Story. One of a few in leather backed boards. 1961. Sandburg, Carl. Address Upon the Occasion of Abraham Lincoln's One Hundredth Inaugural Anniversary.1961. Blumenthal, Walter Hart. Book Gluttons and Book Gourmets. 1962. Whitman, Walt. The Death of Abraham Lincoln. 1962. Eisenschiml, Otto. The Civil War in Miniature through the Words of Participants. 1962. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. One of only 100 bound in full leather. 1962. Maugham, W. Somerset. My South Sea Island. 1964. Considine, J. Francis. The Dude Retires. 1964. Forgue, Norman. A Christmas Parable. 1964. Sacher-Masock, L. von. The Bookbinder of Hart. 1966. White, Robert. A History of the Cadiz Short Line Railway. 1966. Forgue, Norman. A Testament of Freedom, Ideas, Worth Fighting For. 1966. Forgue, Norman. Where Our Christmas Customs Come From. 1966. Three Psalms. 1967. Forgue, Norman. How a Person May Know Under Which of teh Twelve Signs They Are Born. 1967. Roosevelt, Franklin D. F.D.R. Gettysburg Speech. 1967. Taft, Charles Sabin. Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours. 1968. Let Shakespeare Speak. 1968. Nichols, Dale. Let There Be Light. 1969. 25 volumes, no duplicates. Lot Amendments Condition: A few with minor wear; fine overall. Item number: 273724

Auction archive: Lot number 235
Auction:
Datum:
8 Dec 2016
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: Twenty-five miniature books published by the Black Cat Press Author: Place: Chicago, IL Publisher: Black Cat Press Date: 1937-1969 Description: 25 fine limited edition miniature books from the press of Norman W. Forgue. Including the first book from the press. Includes: Gutenberg, To Printers Throughout the World. Wrappers. 1937 One Hundred Proverbs Adapted from the Japanese. 1960. Schwarzwald, Eugenie. The Homecoming of the Lost Book. 1961. The Song of Songs, Which is Solomon's. 1961. Davis, Frank Marshall. Black Man's Verse. One of 21 copies bound later without front cover design. 1961. La Gallienne, Richard. Two Essays. 1961. J.B.H., Jr. A Christmas Story. One of a few in leather backed boards. 1961. Sandburg, Carl. Address Upon the Occasion of Abraham Lincoln's One Hundredth Inaugural Anniversary.1961. Blumenthal, Walter Hart. Book Gluttons and Book Gourmets. 1962. Whitman, Walt. The Death of Abraham Lincoln. 1962. Eisenschiml, Otto. The Civil War in Miniature through the Words of Participants. 1962. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. One of only 100 bound in full leather. 1962. Maugham, W. Somerset. My South Sea Island. 1964. Considine, J. Francis. The Dude Retires. 1964. Forgue, Norman. A Christmas Parable. 1964. Sacher-Masock, L. von. The Bookbinder of Hart. 1966. White, Robert. A History of the Cadiz Short Line Railway. 1966. Forgue, Norman. A Testament of Freedom, Ideas, Worth Fighting For. 1966. Forgue, Norman. Where Our Christmas Customs Come From. 1966. Three Psalms. 1967. Forgue, Norman. How a Person May Know Under Which of teh Twelve Signs They Are Born. 1967. Roosevelt, Franklin D. F.D.R. Gettysburg Speech. 1967. Taft, Charles Sabin. Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours. 1968. Let Shakespeare Speak. 1968. Nichols, Dale. Let There Be Light. 1969. 25 volumes, no duplicates. Lot Amendments Condition: A few with minor wear; fine overall. Item number: 273724

Auction archive: Lot number 235
Auction:
Datum:
8 Dec 2016
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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