- 44
Burton, Virginia Lee
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- paper
Maybelle the Cable Car. [Boston]: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1952
4to (9 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.; 232 x 238 mm). Color title and text illustrations; very light marginal browning. Publisher's green cloth, yellow-stamped title on upper cover and spine; light wear at head and foot of spine. Publisher's pictorial dustjacket, in mylar; price clipped from front flap, edges and folds mended, bottom cover creased.
with her:
Katy and the Big Snow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1943
4to (8 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.; 222 x 245 mm). Color pictorial title and text illustrations; crease in second and third leaves. Publisher's blue cloth, pictorial title on upper cover. Publisher's pictorial dustjacket; soiled, head and foot of spine torn, some small fold tears and thin dampstain at top edge, upper cover abraded.
4to (9 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.; 232 x 238 mm). Color title and text illustrations; very light marginal browning. Publisher's green cloth, yellow-stamped title on upper cover and spine; light wear at head and foot of spine. Publisher's pictorial dustjacket, in mylar; price clipped from front flap, edges and folds mended, bottom cover creased.
with her:
Katy and the Big Snow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1943
4to (8 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.; 222 x 245 mm). Color pictorial title and text illustrations; crease in second and third leaves. Publisher's blue cloth, pictorial title on upper cover. Publisher's pictorial dustjacket; soiled, head and foot of spine torn, some small fold tears and thin dampstain at top edge, upper cover abraded.
Condition
4to (9 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.; 232 x 238 mm). Color title and text illustrations; very light marginal browning. Publisher's green cloth, yellow-stamped title on upper cover and spine; light wear at head and foot of spine. Publisher's pictorial dustjacket, in mylar; price clipped from front flap, edges and folds mended, bottom cover creased.
4to (8 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.; 222 x 245 mm). Color pictorial title and text illustrations; crease in second and third leaves. Publisher's blue cloth, pictorial title on upper cover. Publisher's pictorial dustjacket; head and foot of spine torn, some small fold tears and thin dampstain at top edge.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First editions, the Maybelle signed by the author.