Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 502

Price Realized: $ 69
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 150
HIS FIRST ONE WEST, BENJAMIN. An Almanack . . . 1763. 11 leaves only (of 12); lacks terminal leaf. 12mo, stitched self-wrappers; minor staining, minor edge tears. Providence: William Goddard, 1762

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West's first almanac, the first Providence almanac, and an early Providence imprint by its first publisher. West (1730-1813) issued a prolific number of almanacs under varying titles, including the New England Almanack and Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack. Phelps 871; Drake 12808; Evans 9309.