Administrators sale by order of Ephraim Lederer, esq., attorney : estate of Moses Polock, deceased (the oldest bookseller in the United States) embracing rare and scarce Americana, including state and county histories, voyages and travels, early American drama and poetry, early American school books and chap-books, early newspapers, biography, Indian history (including the original manuscript of Heckewelder's Narrative), pamphlets bearing on the Revolution, trials, etc. : also seven volumes from the library of Gen'l Geo. Washingto purchased at the sale in 1876, fine copy of the Aitken Bible (the first English Bible published in America), miniature of Charles Brockden Brown and wife, rare portraits of Washington, etc. : to be sold Wednesday, March 9, 1904, commencing at 2.30 o'clock and 8 o'clock P.M., Thursday, March 10, at 10.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M. / catalogue compiled and sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels ; at the book auction rooms of Davis & Harvey, 1112 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis & Harvey, auctioneer, publisher.

Contributor:

Henkels, S. V. (Stanislaus Vincent), 1854-1926, compiler, auctioneer.

Bicking, Edward J., 1845-1912, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polock, M. (Moses), 1817-1903--Library--Catalogs.

Polock, M.

Book auctions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century--Catalogs.650.

Book auctions.

Polock, M. (Moses), 1817-1903.

Libraries.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Auction catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Henry, Mellinger Edward, 1873-1946 (bookplate) (Kislak Center Reference copy)

Henry, Florence Stokes, 1885-1962 (bookplate) (Kislak Center Reference copy)

Physical Description:

[4], 196 pages, [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 28 cm

Manufacture:

[Philadelphia] : Bicking Print, s.e. cor. Tenth and Market Sts.

Other Title:

Collection of valuable Americana gathered by the late Moses Polock, esq., the oldest bookseller in the United States : sold by order of the administrator

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : [Davis & Harvey], [1904]

Notes:

1369 lots.

"Catalogue no. 908"--Title leaf.

Place of sale: Philadelphia.

Dates of sale: March 9 and 10, 1904.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Reference copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from William Reese Company.

Kislak Center Reference copy has illustrated bookplate ("VERITAS PER NATURAM LIBROS ATQUE RES HOMINUM MELLINGER EDWARD HENRY FLORENCE STOKES HENRY") of Mellinger Edward Henry and his wife Florence Stokes Henry (1885-1962) on front pastedown.

Kislak Center Reference copy has bookseller's description of this copy laid in.

Kislak Center Reference copy: original printed wrappers bound in.

Cited in:

McKay, G.L. American book auction catalogues, 1713-1934, 5772

OCLC:

506345434

Publisher Number:

908

Bound With:

Kislak Center Reference copy bound with: Valuable theatrical library / catalogue compiled and sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels ; at the book auction rooms of Davis & Harvey, 1112 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.