Sale 22JK02 | Lot 122

[FLORIDA] SEWALL, R. K. Sketches of St. Augustine. With a View of its History and Advantages as a Resort for Invalids.

Catalogue: The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
[FLORIDA]  SEWALL, R. K. Sketches of St. Augustine. With a View of its History and Advantages as a Resort for Invalids.

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Lot 122
[FLORIDA] SEWALL, R. K. Sketches of St. Augustine. With a View of its History and Advantages as a Resort for Invalids.
New York: George P. Putnam, 1848. First edition. Publisher's brown patterned cloth, decoratively blindstamped boards, gilt title to front board. 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches (18.5 x 11.75 cm); 69, [1] pp., with lithographed frontispiece and five plates, 12 pp. of publisher's ads. Together with another copy of the same, first edition, but with pp. 39-40 cancelled. Light edgewear mostly at spine ends and corners, some staining to cloth, faint crack along front joint of one of the volumes, toning to endpapers, occasional pale spotting, altogether two rather well-preserved examples.

Two copies of Sewall's Sketches of St. Augustine, one of which retains the rarely found Anti-Minorcan cancelled leaf. Howes S304, Sabin 79439.


C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

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The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 10am EDT