Christie, Manson, & Woods International Inc.
The Estelle Doheny Collection: Part I, Fifteenth Century Books Including the Gutenberg Bible; Part II, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts; Part III, Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Western Americana; Part IV, Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Early Printing, Literature, and Fine Bindings; Part V, Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana, Literature, and Fine Bindings
New York, Christie, Manson, & Woods International Inc. , . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. From the Edward Lawrence Doheny Memorial Library St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California, Sold on behalf of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles spanning 1987-1989. Complete set of sterling condition hardcover copies with unbruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing almost no shelf- or edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in red cloth over boards with gilt lettering and insignia to front covers, gilt titles to spines. Part I, Fifteenth Century Books including the Gutenberg Bible. Black-and-white photograph of Countess Doheny depicting the Gutenberg Bible at frontis, full-color, full-page, and fold-out images of illuminated manuscripts and books from the Middle Ages from Germany, Spain, France, and England. 302 pp. Part II, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Black-and-white and full-color images of manuscripts, religious texts, and books from the European Middle Ages and Renaissance periods. Laid in loosely are two auction price lists. 125 pp. Part III: Printed Books and manuscripts including Western Americana. Black-and-white and full-color images of manuscripts, religious texts, and books from the European Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, in addition to First Edition works by Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Bret Harte, and Mark Twain. Loosely laid in are two auction price lists 320 pp. + list of works cited.Part IV: Printed Books and Manuscripts including Early Printing, Literature, and Fine Bindings. Black-and-white and full-color images of manuscripts, religious texts, letters, and first edition books, including handwritten the letters of Mark Twain and Jean Jacques Rousseau, and original woodcuts by Albrecht Durer. Previous owner's ink-stamp at first free endpaper, being the Rare Book Department of some heretofore unknown collection. 345 pp. + list of works cited. Part V, Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, Literature and Fine Bindings. Black-and-white and full-color images of manuscripts, religious texts, letters, and First Edition books, including the letters of Sir Walter Scott, documents signed by Thomas Jefferson, and letters written by William Blake. Loosely laid in is an auction price-list. 316 pp. + list of works cited.Part VI: Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana and Fine Bindings, Printed Books and Printed Books and Manuscripts concerning William Morris and His Circle. Black-and-white and full-color images of manuscripts, drawings and First Editions, including original works by William Morris, an early edition of the poetry of William Shakespeare, and a First Edition volume of Lord Tennyson. 103 pp. + list of works cited.Index and Price Lists 103 pp. + auction house-related matter including contact details.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New
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