General literature ...
Subtitle: public auction sale Tuesday, November 23 ... Wednesday, November 24 [1954]
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: 872 lots.

"Sale number 1552"--Prelim.

Date of sale: November 23 and 24, 1954.

Bidding sheet tipped in.

"A splendid series of John Baskerville publications; literary and historical autographs, letters, documents, manuscripts, corrected proofs, lottery tickets; collected by the late Rev. Dr. Harris E. Kirk, Baltimore, Md. sold by order of Mrs. Kirk; selections from the library of Harry and Caresse Crosby, Washington, D.C., sold by order of Caresse Crosby; and property of Ogden Goelet, Paris, estate of the late Dr. Ernest F. Slater, Orangeburg, S.C., sold by the order of the National State Bank, Newark, N.J., and other owners."

Place of sale: New York.