Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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[BINDINGS]. STOCKTON, Frank R. (1834?1902). The Novels and Stories of? New York: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1899?1904. 23 volumes, 8vo. Engraved frontispieces on india paper, tipped in as issued. Contemporary half dark?green olive levant, green silk moir? sides, 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt fleuron devices in 4 compartments, gilt?lettering in remainder, top edges gilt, silk moir? endpapers (spines sunned, light rubbing at corners). LIMITED EDITION, number 86 of 204 copies, of the ?Shenandoah Edition? printed on Japan vellum SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR below frontispiece in Volume I.