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THB[CALIFORNIA]. DAVIS, William Heath (1822?1909). Seventy?fiv...
Lot 129
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By Potter & Potter Auctions
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2022-10-20 12:00:00
2022-10-20 12:00:00
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Our fall book sale will be a major high spot for the department this year. We are offering several items that are only found institutionally including a presentation copy of the Bodley Head Ulysses signed by Joyce and a book owned by Ernest Shackleton that was taken by him on the Nimrod Expedition. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
Our fall book sale will be a major high spot for the department this year. We are offering several items that are only found institutionally including a presentation copy of the Bodley Head Ulysses signed by Joyce and a book owned by Ernest Shackleton that was taken by him on the Nimrod Expedition. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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[CALIFORNIA]. DAVIS, William Heath (1822?1909). Seventy?five Years in California? Edited by Douglas S. Watson. San Francisco: John Howell, 1929. Royal 8vo. Numerous plates of facsimiles, reproductions of engravings, photographs, etc. Full red levant gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt?lettering and tooling in compartments, top edge gilt, broad dentelle turn?ins, crushed blue levant doublures gilt, silk moir? free endpapers (few small nicks to lower edge of upper cover). Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (1867?1947), bookplate of the author and noted book collector. Skiff was known for his expertise in Americana and the founder of the Acorn Club. His collection of literary and historical works was considered at the time one of the most important private libraries in the United States. The collection was sold en bloc in 1947 at the Butterfield & Butterfield auction (now Bonham?s), with over 800 books selling to the Countess Doheny, becoming part of the famous Estelle Doheny Collection of American Literature which sold at Christie?s New York in 2001. SECOND EDITION, trade issue, first published in 1889 as ?Sixty Years in California?. This edition adds numerous textual content and new illustrations. Considered a ?most valuable Californian reminiscences? (Howes). Howes D?136; Zamorano 27.
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