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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[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 5 works, including: GRIBBLE, Francis. Lake Geneva and its Literary Landmarks. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1901. Illustrated. Half dark red levant, spine gilt, top edge gilt. Provenance: presented to the Dansville Public Library by General C. McC. Reeve who was born in the present memorial library (rubberstamp). ?? PLOMER, Henry R. English Printers? Ornaments. London: Grafton & Co., 1925. 4to. Numerous woodcut decorations. Original publisher?s vellum?backed boards, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine a bit soiled, lower cover cracked, edges rubbed). LIMITED EDITION, number 11 of 75 large paper copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. ?? MUELLER, Hans Alexander. Woodcuts & Wood Engravings: How I Make Them. New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. 4to. Illustrated. Original gilt?lettered cloth; original dust jacket (mild spine toning with few tiny edge chips). ?? Linweave Limited Editions. [Springfield, MA: The P.P. Kellogg & Co. Division]. 1934. 4to. Illustrated. Original cloth?backed boards. ?? BRIGHAM, Clarence S. Paul Revere?s Engravings. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1954. 4to. Original gilt?lettered blue cloth; original dust jacket. ?? Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all first editions, condition generally very good.