Bidspirit auction | A Group of Various Books

A Group of Various Books Including Rockwell Kent - Comprising: a small souvenir book of the Niagara Falls, 'Sweet Was The Song' by Ben Shahn, Odyssey Press, 1965, signed by the author, 'Prison Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond', by Lieut. William C. Harris, published by George W. Childs, 1862, 'What Prohibition Has Done To America', by Fabian Franklin, Harcourt, Brace and Co. 1922, 'Brooke's General Gazetteer Improved...' by R. Brookes, published by Johnson and Warner, 1812 (with several pull-out maps), 'N by E', by Rockwell Kent, New York Literary Guild, 1930, and 'The Siege of Havana, 1762' by Francis Russell Hart, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931.  Dimensions: from 4” x 6” to 10 1/2” x 7”.  Provenance: Mary G. Roebling (1995-1994), Trenton, New Jersey. Acquired from above by present owner. Property from a Bucks County, Pennsylvania Collection. Footnote: Mary G. Roebling (New Jersey, 1905-1994) was the first woman to serve as the head of a major commercial bank in the United States when she became president of the Trenton Trust in 1937. Condition: The Shahn book retains the jacket but has losses and abrasions.  All show some wear, minor stains, etc.