$83
A Descriptive Catalog of the Marine Collection to be Found at India House , New York: Privately Printed "At the Sign of the Gosden Head," 1935, leather and blue cloth bound, 130 pages of text, with deckled edges, engraved illustrations including thirty ship portraits, eight hand-colored, three views of China, one hand-colored, a hand-colored portrait of a ship captain, two views of buildings, and two ship models, all with tissue guards, first limited edition, no. 454 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies, (imperfections). Provenance: From a Martha's Vineyard, Edgartown, Massachusetts, historical home. The cover board separated from the spine, scauffing and stains to pig leather, minor toning and foxing.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-07-19
