The Estelle Doheny Collection from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California. Part I - VII
by Needham, Paul; Marex Oyens, Felix de
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1987 7 volumes 4to (30.5 cm), 302 pp; 126 pp; 326 pp; 354 pp; 321 pp; 105 pp; 134 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear, marked copy). Complete set of the auction catalog for one of the most significant American private libraries. The results of the six-part sale reached a total of $38 million--a record for any library sold at auction. Lot No. 1 was the last copy of the Gutenberg Bible offered for sale at a public auction. The parts of the catalog include: Part I: Fifteenth-century Books Including the Gutenberg Bible. Part II: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Part III: Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Western Americana. Part IV: Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Early Printing, Literature and Fine Binding. Part V: Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana, Literature and Fine Bindings. Part VI: Printed Books and Manuscripts Concerning William Morris and His Circle. Part VII: Index and Price List.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005407
- Title
- The Estelle Doheny Collection from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California. Part I - VII
- Author
- Needham, Paul; Marex Oyens, Felix de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Christie, Manson & Woods
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Auction catalogues;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specialty: Bibliography, history and art of the book, libraries and collections, mathematical sciences, old Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography
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