CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF ROBERT HOE OF NEW YORK...
by [Hoe Sale]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Anderson Auction Co., April 1911 through November 1912.. Parts one through four, in eight volumes (of five parts in nine volumes). Original printed wrappers. Plates. Light use, moderate shallow chipping along extended overlap edges and spine ends, but very good. The massive auction catalogue of the four main parts of the dispersal of one of the great American libraries of its time, particularly notable for its continental books, manuscripts and bindings. The four main parts amounted to eighty sessions, and included almost 12,000 lots. A fifth part (ninth volume) was less opulent and occupied itself with the "Miscellaneous Books." Accompanied by the prices realized list for the third part.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT86648
- Title
- CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF ROBERT HOE OF NEW YORK...
- Author
- [Hoe Sale]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Anderson Auction Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- April 1911 through November 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...