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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DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859?1930). The Hound of the Baskervilles. Toronto: George N. Morang, 1902. 8vo. 15 black and white plates including frontispiece by Sidney Paget, 8 pp. publisher?s ads at rear. Original publisher?s red cloth stamped in white (spine sunned with rubbing to letters, top corner of upper cover dampstained and affecting letters, corner also a touch bit frayed). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, CANADIAN ISSUE, published in Toronto in a limited run of just 1,512 copies. Green & Gibson A26d. ?? [Together with:] The Hound of the Baskervilles. New York: McClurg, Phillips & Co., 1902. 8vo. 8 plates including frontispiece after Sidney Paget. Original publisher?s red cloth stamped in white (spine darkened with rubbing to letters, some spotting or darkening to covers, slight lean, upper joint tender). Provenance: Grace M. Yarner (signature dated 1913). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second impression. Green & Gibson A26c.iii.