Van Rensselaer, Mrs. John King (1848-1925) Newport, Our Social Capital

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Van Rensselaer, Mrs. John King (1848-1925) Newport, Our Social Capital. Philadelphia & London: Lippincott, 1905. First edition, copy number 101 of 347, large quarto, illustrated throughout, color frontispiece by Henry Hutt, photogravures, double-tones and others, two maps in the back pocket, this copy bound in full publisher's cloth, tan spine, brown boards, tooled in gilt on front board and spine, deckle edges throughout, some spotting to tissue guard between title and frontispiece, top corner front board chipped away, 11 x 8 in.

Provenance: Antonio Ponvert Jr., First Director of the Historical and Preservation Society of Newport County.
Estimate $250-350


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