C G Littell (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Octavo. [3], 276 pages, [1]. Illustrated with facsimile title pages. Green cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Slight lean to the binding. This copy was used at the auction realized prices written in pencil in the margins. On page 276 at the end of the auction listings is a pencil note: "The grand total is $61,204." Written on the rear end sheets are doodles, practiced signatures and some numbers. Hard to decipher the previous owner signature.

Paperback. Condition: Near Very Good condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1945. Near Very Good condition. Cover mildly finger soiled. Important auction catalog. Completely PRICED in pencil. NOT a library discard. Previous owner's name. Pages are clean and unmarked but for the added prices and sale total ($61,204 at the end). Illustrated with several title page facsimiles. Bound in the original wraps. Original bid slip still attached at the rear. Parke-Bernet Galleries Sale 631, February 5-6, 1945. Laid in is an AB Bookman's Weekly article by Michael Vinson, entitled WESTERN AMERICANA AT AUCTION, which states about this sale: "In February, 1945, Parke-Bernet Galleries offered the C. G. Littell Collection of Americana for sale. The sale catalogue had 1,141 lots from various phases of American history. Although the sale contained early voyages and travels of the Americas, books on the West were well represented, as were books on the Midwest." Vinson went on to list several highlights from the sale. First Edition. Softcover. Near Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 278pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1945. Very Good condition. Spine mildly sun darkened. Important auction catalog. Completely PRICED in pencil. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked but for the added prices and sale total ($61,204 at the end). Illustrated with several title page facsimiles. Bound in the original wraps. Original bid slip still attached at the rear. Parke-Bernet Galleries Sale 631, February 5-6, 1945. Laid in is an AB Bookman's Weekly article by Michael Vinson, entitled WESTERN AMERICANA AT AUCTION, which states about this sale: "In February, 1945, Parke-Bernet Galleries offered the C. G. Littell Collection of Americana for sale. The sale catalogue had 1,141 lots from various phases of American history. Although the sale contained early voyages and travels of the Americas, books on the West were well represented, as were books on the Midwest." Vinson went on to list several highlights from the sale. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 278pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 277p. SIGNED BY LITTELL. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine lightly tanned. Prices realized are handwritten in the margins by each item. Otherwise, binding is tight. Signed by C.G. Littell on the front free endpaper. This is an auction catalogue for Littell's book collection. Comes with an assortment of newspaper clippings advertising the auction.