Auction 042322
Dressed to Kill, Dressed to Till
By Casco Bay Auctions
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Apr 23, 2022
147 Main Street, Freeport, ME, United States
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Historic Men’s Dress, Military and Civil, including Costume, Artwork, and Color Plate Books from the James L. Kochan Collection.
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LOT 104:
The Military Costume of Europe, Goddard & Booth. 1812.
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Sold for: $1,600
Start price:
$
375
Estimated price :
$750 - $1,500
Buyer's Premium: 20%
sales tax: 5.5%
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The Military Costume of Europe, Goddard & Booth. 1812.
[NAPOLEONIC UNIFORMS]. The Military Costume of Europe; exhibited in a Series of Highly-Finished Military Figures, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Goddard and J. Booth, 1812-[22]. 2 vol. in one, 78 hand-colored plates. W.Y. Carman's address label pasted over earlier bookplate, contemporary half morocco, some pages trimmed, others uncut, rubbed, hinges broken, large quarto, without the contents leaf in each volume (noted by Tooley but not Colas or Lipperheide), each plate with a page of descriptive text opposite. The late William C. Carman was a noted author and expert on British military dress and Deputy Director of the National Army Museum in London.
