Catalogue of Mr. John A. Rice's Library. To Be Sold by Auction on Monday March 21st 1870 and Five Following Days by Bangs Merwin & Co

[RICE, John A., collection]

Published by J. Sabin & Sons, New York, 1870

About this Item

8vo. xvi, 556 pages, prices realized bound at back as pp. 541-556. Contemporary reddish-brown half morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt. 2687 items, catalogued by Joseph Sabin at the collector's home in Chicago and sold in New York: "Since the Rice collection was well known, such important Americana collectors as William Menzies, Edward Asay, and George Brinley were on hand to vie for rarities. With a return of more than $42,000, the Rice sale was one of the most profitable held in the United States up to that time" (Dickinson, 'Dictionary of American Book Collectors', p. 268). Some rubbing to binding.

Seller Inventory # 409698

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Catalogue of Mr. John A. Rice's Library. To Be Sold by Auction on Monday March 21st 1870 and Five Following Days by Bangs Merwin & Co
• Publisher: J. Sabin & Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: From the Bart Auerbach Collection.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bart Auerbach Collection
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