First editions, French illustrated books, Americana, autograph letters, manuscripts, standard sets, press publications, colored plate books ...
Subtitle: public auction sale May 17 and 18 [1948]
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries
Published: 1948
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: 633 lots.

"Sale number 972"--Prelim.

Date of sale: May 17 and 18, 1948.

Bidding sheet tipped in.

"An extensive collection of the writings of Edna St. Vincent Millay; the Julian Marshall copy of The annals of tennis; from the library of the late Frank W. Crowninshield, New York, by order of the legatees; property formerly belonging to Mrs. Henry I. Riker, New York and Rumsen, N.J., by order of the heirs; property collected by A.J. Kobler, New York; and from other sources."

Place of sale: New York.