Apr 11, 2024 - Sale 2665

Sale 2665 - Lot 279

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700
Audubon, John James (1785-1851)
Journals of John James Audubon, 1820-1821, 1840-1843. [and] Letters 1826-1840.

Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1929.

Limited edition, one of 225 copies, two small quarto volumes, frontispieces present in each; bound in publisher's half cloth and blue boards gilt stamped, untrimmed; spine darkened, one or two minor stains, minor chips to spine labels; 9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.

[Together with] Letters of John James Audubon. Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1930. Limited edition, one of 225 copies, two small quarto volumes; bound in publisher's half cloth and blue boards gilt stamped, untrimmed, partially unopened; spines slightly darkened, minor chips to spine labels; contained in a marbled slipcase; 9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (4)

From the Library of the late Stanley DeForest Scott, sold to benefit the Library of the Grolier Club.