06-01-201306-01-2013
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June 1, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Mason, George C. (fl. circa 1870) Newport and Its Cottages

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$2,520$2,100
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2658BLocation: BostonDate / Time: June 01, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Mason, George C. (fl. circa 1870) Newport and Its Cottages. [Boston: Osgood & Co., 1875].
First edition, folio, 109 hinged leaves, text printed on the rectos only, illustrated with forty-five full-paged heliotype plates and other text illustrations, in the original blind tooled, and gold-lettered publisher's morocco binding, with chamfered edges and inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., taffeta-textured endleaves and paste downs, binding intact without repairs, surface abrasions, corners bumped, foxing to fly leaves, 14 x 10 3/4 in.
Estimate $2,500-3,500


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Osgood & Co.