Rare first editions of English and American authors, autograph letters and manuscripts; library sets, Americana, a richly extra-illustrated Irving's Life of Washington, books on birds, flowers, costume, and other colored plate books ...
public auction sale April 21 ... April 22 [1947]
by Parke-Bernet Galleries
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761 lots.
"Sale number 863"--Prelim.
Date of sale: April 21 and 22, 1947.
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" ... collected by H.A. Fortington, Poughquag, N.Y., sold by order of Mrs Forthington; Dudley Olcott, New york, sold by order Mrs Olcott; selection from the library of the late Frederick S. Peck, Barrington, R.I., given to Brown University to be sold for the benefit of the library; the Eliot Indian bible, Cambridge 1685-1680, property of the estate of Alice G. Vanderbilt; and property of other owners."
Place of sale: New York.
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