Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 162 22 Jan 2022
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Woodward's Rare Work on Washington Medals
Woodward, W. Elliot. A LIST OF WASHINGTON MEMORIAL MEDALS. Privately Printed (Albany: Joel Munsell), 1865. Tall 8vo [27 by 18 cm], modern brown antiqued half calf with black linen sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and dated in gilt; black spine labels, gilt. 16 pages; binder's leaves added for bulk. Inscribed by the author (see comments). Old institutional ink stamps in margins of three printed leaves. Very good in a new binding. Copy No. 25 of only 50 issued in octavo, 12 of which were printed on English Drawing Paper. Initialed and numbered by Woodward, who also inscribed it (with his full signature) to Hubbard W. Bryant, a Maine bookseller and collector. The first and only separate appearance of Woodward's pioneering work. It originally appeared earlier in the year as part of Hough's monumental Washingtoniana. Both versions were produced by Joel Munsell, one of America's most celebrated 19th-century printers, who also printed most of Woodward's non-numismatic limited-edition historical publications. Very scarce. Ex P. Scott Rubin Library (since bound); ex Richard Picker Library (Kolbe Sale 18, lot 209).
Woodward, W. Elliot. A LIST OF WASHINGTON MEMORIAL MEDALS. Privately Printed (Albany: Joel Munsell), 1865. Tall 8vo [27 by 18 cm], modern brown antiqued half calf with black linen sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and dated in gilt; black spine labels, gilt. 16 pages; binder's leaves added for bulk. Inscribed by the author (see comments). Old institutional ink stamps in margins of three printed leaves. Very good in a new binding. Copy No. 25 of only 50 issued in octavo, 12 of which were printed on English Drawing Paper. Initialed and numbered by Woodward, who also inscribed it (with his full signature) to Hubbard W. Bryant, a Maine bookseller and collector. The first and only separate appearance of Woodward's pioneering work. It originally appeared earlier in the year as part of Hough's monumental Washingtoniana. Both versions were produced by Joel Munsell, one of America's most celebrated 19th-century printers, who also printed most of Woodward's non-numismatic limited-edition historical publications. Very scarce. Ex P. Scott Rubin Library (since bound); ex Richard Picker Library (Kolbe Sale 18, lot 209).