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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Sotheby's auction catalogue for the Library of Frank T. Siebert (in two volumes/parts). Hardcover. Red linen cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Paste down illustration on each cover. Indexed. Some Lots have photographs for items sold, some do not, most in black and white few in color. Pages are clean and free from writing or tears. Books show some light wear. Terms and guides for perspective sellers, buyers, and other information for client services included by Sotheby's in the back. Both part 1 and 2 have prices realized laid in. Part 1: Auction held on Friday May 21st 1999. 370 pp. Part 2 held on Thursday October 28th 1999. 394 pp. "Frank Thomas Siebert, Jr. (1912-1998) was a student of the Penobscot Indians? language and drafted an Penobscot dictionary in 1984 which contained nearly 15,000 entries of this Native American tribe?s vocabulary. Siebert was a pathologist, self-taught linguist and collector of books on North American Indians and the American frontier. He was dedicated to preserving the Penobscot language. After retiring as a medical doctor in the 1970?s, he moved to Old Town to pursue his interest in researching the Penobscot language. Though he had no formal training, he attended linguistic courses at Columbia and Yale and published research which expanded scholarly knowledge of the Algonquian language." (Taken from Maine An Encyclopedia) Due to the size and weight of this set, additional shipping may be required. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, thick 4to: frontispiece, 540pp., 654 books / items described - with notes & references, very richly illustrated. Very fine copy.