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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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867?1939), illustrator. ?? WALTON, Isaak (1593?1683). The Compleat Angler. London: George C. Harrap, [1931]. 4to. 12 color plates, under lettered tissue guards, numerous black and white illustrations after drawings by Rackham. Original publisher?s full gilt?lettered vellum parchment, top edge gilt, others uncut (some tiny spotting to upper cover, else fine); original glassine (some chipping); original presentation box. LIMITED EDITION, number 394 of 775 copies SIGNED BY RACKHAM. In the rare original glassine wrapper and presentation box not mentioned in Latimore and Haskell. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 66?67.