Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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Rare Combined Hardcover Edition
Kelly, James. COMBINED SPECIAL HARDCOVER EDITION OF THREE 1953-1954 AUCTION CATALOGUES. Sales dated June 1, 1953; February 8, 1954; and October 30-November 1, 1954 (the last being two sales issued in one catalogue). 4to, original gray cloth, front cover and spine lettered in dark red; original printed front card covers bound in; original printed prices realized lists bound in. Binding with light signs of wear; "Kelly" written on spine; very good or better. Only the second example we recall seeing of this combined hardcover edition. A bibliographical puzzle, given that individual hardcover versions were made of at least the first two catalogues if not all three. The first sale included an important collection from the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania that had been purchased by B. Max Mehl toward the end of his career, with Kelly ending up taking on the task of selling it. Ex David Sklow Sale 5, lot 835; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $150)
Kelly, James. COMBINED SPECIAL HARDCOVER EDITION OF THREE 1953-1954 AUCTION CATALOGUES. Sales dated June 1, 1953; February 8, 1954; and October 30-November 1, 1954 (the last being two sales issued in one catalogue). 4to, original gray cloth, front cover and spine lettered in dark red; original printed front card covers bound in; original printed prices realized lists bound in. Binding with light signs of wear; "Kelly" written on spine; very good or better. Only the second example we recall seeing of this combined hardcover edition. A bibliographical puzzle, given that individual hardcover versions were made of at least the first two catalogues if not all three. The first sale included an important collection from the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania that had been purchased by B. Max Mehl toward the end of his career, with Kelly ending up taking on the task of selling it. Ex David Sklow Sale 5, lot 835; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $150)