Oct 14, 2004 - Sale 2016

Sale 2016 - Lot 30

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY BRADLEY HIS BOOK / JUNE. 1896.
20x10 inches.
Condition B+: minor wrinkles, creases and discoloration at edges; faded. Paper.
Poster for the second issue of Bradley: His Book. This image was also used as an illustration for one of the stories within "An Island Queen" by Tudor Jenks. This poster is called The Queen. "Bradley's Wayside Press, established in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1896, was one of the earliest advertising agencies, as well as one of the most distinguished small presses of the 1890s" (Kiehl p. 46). Kiehl 31, DFP I 171, Reims 1132, Koch p. 77, Margolin p. 116, Virginia p. 56, Keay p. 27, Gold 106.