First editions of English & American authors, library of Mr & Mrs Edward Sedgwick, Beverly Hills, Calif., sold by their order (catalogue numbers 1-422) ...
Subtitle: public sale February 7 & 8 [1940]
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries
Published: 1940
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: 644 lots.

"Sale number 171"--Prelim.

Date of sale: February 7 and 8, 1940.

"Finely bound sets of standard authors collected by the late Charles Arhtur Carlisle, South Bend, Ind., sold by order of the executors of his estate; the Hawthorne collection and other material from the library of George L. Howe, Washington, D.C.; presentation copy of Hardy's Wessex tales to Robert Browning, property of the estate of the late Paul Lamperly, Lakewood, Ohio; Thackeray's Vanity fair, Whitman's Leaves of grass, presentation copy of Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, property of a New York lady, with properties from other owners (catalogue numbers 423-644)."

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

Place of sale: New York.