20th Mar, 2024 10:00
March Sales: Ceramics, Books, Asian Art, Hunt Buttons & Carpets
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[Z] American Interest
American Interest, to include: MacKay, Charles The History of the United States of America, London: Virtue & Co, 2 vols, 4to, half calf boards with raised bands to spine, marbled end papers and page edges, engraved frontis and half title, numerous engraved plates, fold-out map and fold-out engraved facsimile of the signatures of the Declaration of Independence; Baird (Robert) Religion of the United States of America, Glasgow and Edinburgh: Blackie and Son, 1844, 8vo, embossed cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, fold-out map to frontis; Burr (Fearing) and Lincoln (George) The Town of Hingham in the Late Civil War, Hingham and Boston: Rand, Avery & Co, 1876, 8vo, original embossed cloth gilt; Forry (Samuel) The Climate of the United States and its Endemic Influences, New York: Langley, 1842, 8vo, embossed decorative cloth with gilt lettering to spine; Raymond (Henry J) The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, New York: Derby and Miller, 1865, 8vo, embossed decorative cloth with gilt lettering to spine, bookplate for John Stafford Reid Byers; Spence (James) The American Union, London: Richard Bentley, 1862, 8vo, embossed green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. (7)
Sold for £150
American Interest, to include: MacKay, Charles The History of the United States of America, London: Virtue & Co, 2 vols, 4to, half calf boards with raised bands to spine, marbled end papers and page edges, engraved frontis and half title, numerous engraved plates, fold-out map and fold-out engraved facsimile of the signatures of the Declaration of Independence; Baird (Robert) Religion of the United States of America, Glasgow and Edinburgh: Blackie and Son, 1844, 8vo, embossed cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, fold-out map to frontis; Burr (Fearing) and Lincoln (George) The Town of Hingham in the Late Civil War, Hingham and Boston: Rand, Avery & Co, 1876, 8vo, original embossed cloth gilt; Forry (Samuel) The Climate of the United States and its Endemic Influences, New York: Langley, 1842, 8vo, embossed decorative cloth with gilt lettering to spine; Raymond (Henry J) The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, New York: Derby and Miller, 1865, 8vo, embossed decorative cloth with gilt lettering to spine, bookplate for John Stafford Reid Byers; Spence (James) The American Union, London: Richard Bentley, 1862, 8vo, embossed green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. (7)
Not collated. McKay: some general shelf wear, including rubbing and bumping to bindings, as well as areas of staining to boards; internally, there is some foxing, with more prominent areas of staining in places, especially to the engravings. Baird: some shelf wear, including rubbing and bumping to boards; moderate foxing internally, as well as pencil inscription to first page. Hingham: some shelf wear, including rubbing and bumping to binding, as well as foxing internally. Forry: general shelf wear, including rubbing and bumping to binding, as well as extensive foxing and soiling, especially around end papers; there are also pencil and ink inscriptions to the first pages. Raymond: volume generally in fairly poor condition, with extensive foxing and soiling and newspaper clipping glued inside; damage to binding, including bumping and tearing around the spine. Spence: volume bears general shelf wear, including bumping, as well as some internal foxing and tearing.
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Auction: March Sales: Ceramics, Books, Asian Art, Hunt Buttons & Carpets, 20th Mar, 2024
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