Mar 18, 2010 - Sale 2207

Sale 2207 - Lot 209

Price Realized: $ 180
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(REFERENCE.) Rosenbach, A.S.W. Early American Children's Books. 4to, publisher's 1/4 calf with pictorial boards, minor wear; #127 of 585, signed by the author. In worn original slipcase. Portland, ME, 1933

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With three interesting inscriptions on the front free endpaper: a signed 1933 dedication by Rosenbach; a signed note by the famous collector A. Edward Newton testifying to the authenticity of Rosenbach's signature; and a signed 1959 note by Michael J. Walsh of Goodspeed's upon the volume's purchase by Maury A. Bromsen. Consigned by the Bromsen estate. with--the related pamphlet Early American Children's Books 1682-1847, published by the Free Public Library of Philadelphia in 1928.