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Paine, Albert Bigelow
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- A good group of three titles in publisher's bindings, as listed below:
- paper
The Arkansaw Bear. A Tale of Fanciful Adventure. New York: R. H. Russell, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1898. 8vo (8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.; 222 x 172 mm). Half-title, frontispiece, text illustrations by Frank Ver Beck; some very light edge browning. Publisher's pictorial drab boards; a few scuffs affecting some letterson upper cover, rebacked in tan buckram. Inscribed by the illustrator "To my friend Orson Lowell with kind regards of the Bear's Showman, Frank Ver Beck.. Dec 21/98" — The Hollow Tree. New York: R. H. Russell, 1898. 8vo (9 1/8 x 7 in.; 232 x 178 mm). Half-title, frontispiece, full-page text illustratons by J. M. Condé; some light marginal soiling. Publisher's tan buckram and cream pictorial boards; soiled and rubbed, corners torn. Blanck, p. 105 — In the Deep Woods. New York: R. H. Russell, 1899. 8vo (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.; 240 x 180 mm). Half-title, frontispiece, full-page text illustrations by J. M. Condé; some light marginal soiling, ink edge stain at lower outer corner of a few leaves near the end. Publisher's green quarter cloth and pictorial boards; extremities worn, some scuff marks and rubbing to covers. Allen F. Hand, signature on front endpaper.
Condition
see cataloguing
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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.