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Auction archive: Lot number 35

A Bibliography of American Sporting Books 1926-1985

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$180
Auction archive: Lot number 35

A Bibliography of American Sporting Books 1926-1985

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$180
Beschreibung:

Title: A Bibliography of American Sporting Books 1926-1985 Author: Biscotti, M.L. Place: Far Hills, NJ Publisher: Meadow Run Press Date: [1997] Description: 573, [1] pp. Foreword by Gene Hill. Illustrated by John Rice. Plus an original color print tipped inside the publisher's printed paper covers, signed in pencil by the artist John Rice, laid in, and issued only for this edition. 9x5¾, quarter black morocco and decorative boards, gilt-lettered gray morocco spine label, acetate cover, publisher's black slipcase with cloth edges. No. 71 of 75 hand-numbered copies, specially bound. The Deluxe Limited First Edition. Signed by the author and the artist in the colophon. An essential sporting bibliography, which continues where Phillips left off back in 1930 and contains some 5000 informative entries. Also, there is an index by title that was not present in Phillips. One of the few books "approved by the Boone & Crockett Club." Lot Amendments Condition: Fine with fine slipcase. Item number: 170042

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
11 May 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: A Bibliography of American Sporting Books 1926-1985 Author: Biscotti, M.L. Place: Far Hills, NJ Publisher: Meadow Run Press Date: [1997] Description: 573, [1] pp. Foreword by Gene Hill. Illustrated by John Rice. Plus an original color print tipped inside the publisher's printed paper covers, signed in pencil by the artist John Rice, laid in, and issued only for this edition. 9x5¾, quarter black morocco and decorative boards, gilt-lettered gray morocco spine label, acetate cover, publisher's black slipcase with cloth edges. No. 71 of 75 hand-numbered copies, specially bound. The Deluxe Limited First Edition. Signed by the author and the artist in the colophon. An essential sporting bibliography, which continues where Phillips left off back in 1930 and contains some 5000 informative entries. Also, there is an index by title that was not present in Phillips. One of the few books "approved by the Boone & Crockett Club." Lot Amendments Condition: Fine with fine slipcase. Item number: 170042

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
11 May 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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