Willow Auction House's Fall Great Estates Curated Auction features nearly 200 lots of first edition books, furniture, artwork and ethnographic items.
The sale features a large selection of books from a private New York City collector, including first editions and publications in their original serialized parts by George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte, H.G. Wells, William Makepeace Thackeray and Charles Dickens.
Also up for auction is a variety of mid-century modern, oak and English furniture, including pieces by Tommi Parzinger, Paul Evans, Eames and Harvey Probber.
The sale also includes a large selection of artwork, including paintings by William Merritt Chase, Hermann Herzog, David Burliuk and Alfred Kowalski, as well as an Andy Warhol Cow Screenprint on wallpaper, and a large Franz Bergman cold painted bronze.
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LOTE 181:
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol First Edition
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Vendido por: $3 750
Preço inicial:
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1 000
Preço estimado :
$2 000 - $3 000
Comissão da leiloeira: 28%
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Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol First Edition
Charles Dickens (England, 1812-1870). A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. First edition, second issue, 1843. Chapman & Hall, London; printed by Bradbury and Evans, London. With illustrations by John Leech. "Stave I" heading. E.F. Gooch Booksellers, London label front pastedown. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. In red cloth case and red cloth and leather slipcase with gilt lettering.
Corners bumped and fraying, tears and fraying to spine, wear to spine and boards, top of spine chipped, some staining to front board, some foxing, name written in pencil front endpaper, pastedowns torn at spine; some wear to leather on slipcase, corners bumped.
Provenance: George Robert Minkoff, Inc., Great Barrington, MA, 11/6/1972; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition: Notice to bidders: The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Photos are considered part of the condition report. Complete condition information is available by request, no later than 24 hours prior to the auction. All lots are offered and sold "as is", and Willow Auctions will not provide refunds based on condition. Timepiece movements, lighting and electrics have not been tested, and art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated.
