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Auction archive: Lot number 191

MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT. The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver. New York: Frank Shay, 1922. 8vo, original pictorial orange wrappers . FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies, frontispiece. Orange is the usual color of the wrappers -- A group of 6 other copies of T...

Auction 27.09.1995
27 Sep 1995
Estimate
US$700 - US$900
Price realised:
US$1,265
Auction archive: Lot number 191

MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT. The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver. New York: Frank Shay, 1922. 8vo, original pictorial orange wrappers . FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies, frontispiece. Orange is the usual color of the wrappers -- A group of 6 other copies of T...

Auction 27.09.1995
27 Sep 1995
Estimate
US$700 - US$900
Price realised:
US$1,265
Beschreibung:

MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT. The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver. New York: Frank Shay, 1922. 8vo, original pictorial orange wrappers . FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies, frontispiece. Orange is the usual color of the wrappers -- A group of 6 other copies of The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver each in a different and very rare color of the wrappers: red, yellow, blue, dark green, pale green , and a bluish-gray green (not noted in Yost). All FIRST EDITIONS, each one of about 15 copies so bound in variant colors for window display purposes by Shay -- The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver. New York: Frank Shay, 1922. 8vo, original pictorial orange wrappers . Second Edition with "Second Edition" slug on copyright page, frontispiece. 1500 copies of this edition were printed, but copies are rare. Together 8 vols., 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, some slight wear, all in a half morocco slipcase . Yost 15. Very good to fine copies. This lot is dedicated to the memory of John S. Van E. Kohn of Seven Gables Bookshop. (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 191
Auction:
Datum:
27 Sep 1995
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT. The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver. New York: Frank Shay, 1922. 8vo, original pictorial orange wrappers . FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies, frontispiece. Orange is the usual color of the wrappers -- A group of 6 other copies of The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver each in a different and very rare color of the wrappers: red, yellow, blue, dark green, pale green , and a bluish-gray green (not noted in Yost). All FIRST EDITIONS, each one of about 15 copies so bound in variant colors for window display purposes by Shay -- The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver. New York: Frank Shay, 1922. 8vo, original pictorial orange wrappers . Second Edition with "Second Edition" slug on copyright page, frontispiece. 1500 copies of this edition were printed, but copies are rare. Together 8 vols., 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, some slight wear, all in a half morocco slipcase . Yost 15. Very good to fine copies. This lot is dedicated to the memory of John S. Van E. Kohn of Seven Gables Bookshop. (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 191
Auction:
Datum:
27 Sep 1995
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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