Standard sets, first editions of English and American authors, general literature ...
Subtitle: public sale Tuesday & Wednesday October 22 and 23 [1940]
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries
Published: 1940
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: 540 lots.

"Sale number 220."

Date of sale: October 22 and 23, 1940.

"Selections from the libraries of Stewart C. Pratt, New York, sold by his order; the late George L. Benner, Curwensville, Pa., sold by order of Miss Alice Kirk, administratrix for his estate; the late Mrs Ellis Hollingsworth, Boston, sold by order of the executors of her estate; a recently deceased New Yorker; Washington portraits collected by the late Frederick W. Lehmann, St. Louis, sold by order of his sons, the present owners; an extensive collection of books on old and modern prints; with properties from other owners."

Place of sale: New York.