Ending Aug 15, 2023 10:37 EST

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

 
  Lot 38
 

38

[NATIVE AMERICANS] A group of two books...

Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

[NATIVE AMERICANS]
A group of two books,
including: HOWARD, O[LIVER]. O[TIS]. Nez Perce Joseph. An Account of His Ancestors, His Lands, His Confederates, His Enemies, His Murders, His War, His Pursuit and Capture. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1881. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered spine. 7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches (19.75 x 13 cm); [2], xii, 274 pp., two portrait frontispieces, map, folding map. Rubbing and wear to boards, mostly at extremities, fraying and small loss to head of spine, remnants of library label to spine, hinges starting, old ownership signature, library bookplate and other markings; together with: HUMFREVILLE, J. LEE. Twenty Years Among our Savage Indians... Hartford: The Hartford Publishing Company, 1897. Original red cloth, stamped in black and in gilt. xlviii, 674 pp., frontispiece, plates, color plates, illustrations in text. Rubbing and wear, front hinge starting, a leaf with a long tear, light toning and a few pale spots.

Sold for $126
Estimated at $200 - $400

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

[NATIVE AMERICANS]
A group of two books,
including: HOWARD, O[LIVER]. O[TIS]. Nez Perce Joseph. An Account of His Ancestors, His Lands, His Confederates, His Enemies, His Murders, His War, His Pursuit and Capture. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1881. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered spine. 7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches (19.75 x 13 cm); [2], xii, 274 pp., two portrait frontispieces, map, folding map. Rubbing and wear to boards, mostly at extremities, fraying and small loss to head of spine, remnants of library label to spine, hinges starting, old ownership signature, library bookplate and other markings; together with: HUMFREVILLE, J. LEE. Twenty Years Among our Savage Indians... Hartford: The Hartford Publishing Company, 1897. Original red cloth, stamped in black and in gilt. xlviii, 674 pp., frontispiece, plates, color plates, illustrations in text. Rubbing and wear, front hinge starting, a leaf with a long tear, light toning and a few pale spots.

Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023

  • Successful Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023
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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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