The Extensive and Notable Collection of Western Americana Formed by Dr. Henry W. Plath, Piedmont, California, Sold by His Order; Public Auction Sale, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Afternoons, October 20, 21, and 22 at 1:45 p. m., Thursday Morning at 10:15 a. m.

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.; Evans, Herbert M. (Foreword)

Published by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1959

About this Item

Original publisher's blue paper wrappers with dark blue lettering on front cover and spine. Unused Parke-Bernet order form laid in. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." 219 pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. The illustrations show some of the items up for auction. Foreword by Herbert M. Evans. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, a few marginal annotations, and dog-eared corners at bottom of fore-edge on last several leaves in back. Covers are clean and intact overall but have creases at corners of fore-edge on front and back, bumping along edges, and fading along edges (most noticeable along spine). A Very Good copy. This is an auction catalog for a three-day auction that was originally held from October 20-22, 1959. The items up for auction were part of Henry W. Plath's collection of Western Americana. Most of the items for sale are books, manuscripts, and paper material. The catalog contains bibliographic listings for each of the items available for sale at the auction. The listings are organized into three sections by each day of the auction. Among the many subjects represented by the items are pioneers, cowboys, the cattle trade, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), travels in California, the fur trade, Death Valley, the Grabhorn Press, Kit Carson, Mormons, John Henry Nash, Indigenous Peoples, Jack London, the Mexican-American War, missions, the Overland Trail, Nevada, New Mexico, Theodore Roosevelt, Western outlaws, Wyoming, and Yosemite.

Seller Inventory # 026848

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Extensive and Notable Collection of Western Americana Formed by Dr. Henry W. Plath, Piedmont, California, Sold by His Order; Public Auction Sale, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Afternoons, October 20, 21, and 22 at 1:45 p. m., Thursday Morning at 10:15 a. m.
• Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1959
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Books about Books
  • U.S. History
  • Western Americana