Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(CONNECTICUT.) [Barnard, Henry; and J.D. Butler.] Armsmear: the Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt. 3 maps, 12 plates, numerous text illustrations. 399 pages. 4to, gilt armorial morocco presentation binding by Matthews, moderate wear; hinges split, minor foxing; inscribed on flyleaf from Mrs. Colt to Major General Thomas W. Sherman, then commanding Fort Adams, RI. New York, 1866
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A handsome memorial to Samuel Colt, including long sections on his Hartford estate and his legendary career in weapons manufacture. Howes C618 ("b"); Sabin 14763.
with--An Account of the Proceedings at the Dinner Given by Mr. George Peabody to the Americans Connected with the Great Exhibition. 114 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth gilt, moderate wear; card signed by Colt laid down on front free endpaper. In modern 1/4 morocco slipcase. Sabin 59367. Given in honor of the Crystal Palace exhibition; Colt attended the dinner and is discussed in the proceedings. London, 1851.