Set Reminder2025-11-20 11:00:002025-11-20 11:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-artwork-from-the-george-d-lacy-louis-a-irmo-collections-21870 This November, Potter and Potter is proud to present two vast collections of books and artwork from Dr. George D. Lacy and Louis A. Irmo. These marvelous collections feature fine and rare modern firsts, Americana, autographs and manuscripts, illustrated books, and original artwork.
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[DOHENY, Estelle (1875-1958), her copy]. [NASH, John Henry (1871-1947), printer and publisher]. To Remember Ray Frederick Coyle. Six Reproductions of His Work with a Sonnet by George Sterling & a Foreword by John Henry Nash. San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash for His Friends, 1926. Folio. Six black and white illustrations, two of which are embellished in silver and gold. Unpaginated. Publisher's vellum backstrip over marbled boards, green gilt morocco lettering label on spine (label shipped, boards sunned at margins). Near fine. #209/210 COPIES; PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY NASH ON THE FP. TO LEGENDARY BOOK COLLECTOR AND PHILANTHROPIST, ESTELLE DOHENY: ?To Mrs. E. L. Doheny From John Henry Nash, a.m., Lit. D., L. D. D. May 1st 1931". With Doheny's familiar oval bookplate on the ffep. A beautiful tribute to Art Deco artist Ray Frederick Coyle (1885-1924), who, sadly, died young. From the Collection of Louis A. Irmo. Measurements: 16 x 13 x 1".