?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(BONAPARTE, NAPOLÉON.) Reilly, Sidney G. Illustrated Catalogue of the Notable Collection of Mr. Sidney G. Reilly of New York and London . . . illustrative of the Life of Napoleon.To be sold without Reserve or Restriction. Plates. 8vo, later 1/2 red morocco, scuffed. Charles Evans Fowler bookplate. New York: American Art Association, (1921)
1049 lots. "The finest gathering of literary, historical, and artistic property relative to the life of Napoleon that has ever been brought together by a Private Collector" (preface). Reilly (1873/74-1925) was a Russian-born adventurer, con man, spy for the British government, and inspiration for James Bond; he was executed in the Soviet Union after having been caught while on assignment.
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