First editions, original drawings, paintings, caricatures; the work of the great English illustrators and authors of the XVII-XIX centuries: Alken, the three Cruikshanks, Rowlandson , Gillray and others ...
Subtitle: public auction sale January 6, 7 and 8 [1942]
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries
Published: 1942
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Other titles: Renowned library formed by the late William H. Woodin, New York
Notes: 718 lots.

Cover title: The renowned library formed by the late William H. Woodin, New York.

"Sale number 331"--Prelim.

Date of sale: January 6 and 7, 1942.

"Fore-edge paintings, richly extra-illustrated books, autographs of the Popes from Leo X (1513-1521) to Pius X (1903-1914); a remarkable set of The Caricature Magazine; first editions in original parts including Irelands Life of Napoleon, Carey's Life in Paris, and The Humourist (unique in this state); collected by William H. Woodin, New York, now the property of the estate of his wife, the late Annie Jessup Woodin, including a small collection of other literary property belonging to the estate; sold by order of the executor. Part two."

Rare Book copy: Cased with other catalogs from same auction house.

Place of sale: New York.