Rare sporting books & first editions from the library of the late Gifford A. Cochran ...
Publisher: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries
Published: 1931
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Other titles: Noteworthy collection of rare sporting books, autographs, Hawthorne presentation copies, valuable collectors' books from Shakespeare to the present time, and colored plate books, from several collections
Notes: 445 lots.

Sale code: 3927.

A valuable & unusual collection of autographs, letters, and presentation copies of Nathaniel Hawthorne's first editions, the property of Miss Rebecca B. Manning; Sir William Howe's orderly books for 1776 and 1777, "lost records" of the Revolution, the property of Major M. V. Hay; rare books & important autographs, including an extensively extra-illustrated copy of Irving's "Life of Washington", the property of Mrs. Chauncey Blair; books from the library of Charles Lamb, with lengthy inscriptions by him, from the library of the late George W. Riggs; together with other noteworthy collector's books and exceptional autograph letters.

(PACSCL)SLC00002722

McKay, 9375

Place of sale: New York.

Date of sale: November 19-20, 1931.