Fine printed books and manuscripts : including Americana : Friday 6 December 2013.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.

Contributor:

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forbes, Steve, 1947-.

Forbes, Steve.

Semans, Mary Duke Biddle Trent--Estate.

Semans, Mary Duke Biddle Trent.

Vershbow, Arthur, 1922-2012.

Vershbow, Arthur.

Vershbow, Charlotte.

Speed Art Museum.

Americana--Catalogs.

Americana.

Genre:

Auction catalogs.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

198 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Christie's, [2013]

Notes:

"Properties from the estate of Elizabeth Fondaras, property from the Forbes Collection, the collection of Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., property from a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson, property from the estate of Mrs. Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, property from the Speed Art Museum, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund, property from the Spiro Family Collection, property from the collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow"--Title leaf.

Place of sale: New York.

Date of sale: Dec. 6, 2013.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has laid in newspaper article regarding the auction of the Kelmscott Press by Christie's in 2013 (New York Times (5 December 2013), Weekend, pages 27, 34).

OCLC:

863156883

Publisher Number:

NEWTON-2751