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MARRIOTT, BENJAMIN. Trouting Along a Tributary of the Lehigh. [Wyoming County, Pennsylvania: circa 1869]. Three-quarters brown leather over marbled boards, recased preserving spine strip, retains original marbled endpapers, housed in a green morocco backed slipcase and chemise. 8 x 5 inches (20 x 13 cm); the contents as follows: the signature of "Benj. J. Marriot" to a front blank, a folding printed map inserted at front "Map of the Lehigh Valley Railroad," an original colored pencil drawing of a trout in a stream inserted as a frontispiece, a penciled manuscript title page with added color, the first text leaf with a mounted fly over the initial protected by a guard, 300 pp. manuscript in brown and purple inks on the recto and verso of lined sheets, 10 inserted full-page amusing pencil drawings under guards, one fly mounted at end. Some wear to old portions of binding, some spotting to guards, otherwise quite clean and legible.
Provenance: The Collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
A charmingly illustrated manuscript by Benjamin Marriott, the wonderful chronicler of Pennsylvania sporting life. This is a long manuscript devoted to trout fishing on the Lehigh. Beyond the illustrations, there are various items laid-in, including a note presenting the manuscript to William Brown "Uncle of Frank Marriott." We trace similar manuscripts by Marriott, in matching bindings, sold from the collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson at Sotheby's, New York, in 2018.
Sold for $7,560
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Includes Buyer's Premium
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MARRIOTT, BENJAMIN. Trouting Along a Tributary of the Lehigh. [Wyoming County, Pennsylvania: circa 1869]. Three-quarters brown leather over marbled boards, recased preserving spine strip, retains original marbled endpapers, housed in a green morocco backed slipcase and chemise. 8 x 5 inches (20 x 13 cm); the contents as follows: the signature of "Benj. J. Marriot" to a front blank, a folding printed map inserted at front "Map of the Lehigh Valley Railroad," an original colored pencil drawing of a trout in a stream inserted as a frontispiece, a penciled manuscript title page with added color, the first text leaf with a mounted fly over the initial protected by a guard, 300 pp. manuscript in brown and purple inks on the recto and verso of lined sheets, 10 inserted full-page amusing pencil drawings under guards, one fly mounted at end. Some wear to old portions of binding, some spotting to guards, otherwise quite clean and legible.
Provenance: The Collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
A charmingly illustrated manuscript by Benjamin Marriott, the wonderful chronicler of Pennsylvania sporting life. This is a long manuscript devoted to trout fishing on the Lehigh. Beyond the illustrations, there are various items laid-in, including a note presenting the manuscript to William Brown "Uncle of Frank Marriott." We trace similar manuscripts by Marriott, in matching bindings, sold from the collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson at Sotheby's, New York, in 2018.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023. Offered was a summer miscellany of sporting material, Americana, fine bindings, literature, autographs, maps and more!
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