American Furniture & Decorative Arts
08-14-201108-14-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
2558MMarlborough
August 14, 2011 10:00 AM
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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2558MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 14, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
A Descriptive Catalog of the Marine Collection to be Found at India House, New York: Privately Printed "At the Sign of the Gosden Head," 1935, leather and blue cloth bound, 130 pages of text, with deckled edges, engraved illustrations including thirty ship portraits, eight hand-colored, three views of China, one hand-colored, a hand-colored portrait of a ship captain, two views of buildings, and two ship models, all with tissue guards, first limited edition, no. 454 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies, (imperfections).
Provenance: From a Martha's Vineyard, Edgartown, Massachusetts, historical home.
Estimate $150-250
The cover board separated from the spine, scauffing and stains to pig leather, minor toning and foxing.
Keywords
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