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This sale features some of the rarest Ernest Hemingway items to come to market in recent years, along with rare and important newspapers, a closely-curated selection of works by African-American authors, and some of the finest early printed books to come to market in recent memory. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 454

[ART REFERENCE]. Two Titles in Five Volumes of Modern Art Reference Books. [V.p., ca. 20th century].

Estimate: $150 - $300
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$80

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[ART REFERENCE]. Two Titles in Five Volumes of Modern Art Reference Books. [V.p., ca. 20th century]. Including: BERENSON, Bernard. The Drawings of the Florentine Painters. 4tos. Illustrated. 3 volumes. Publisher's cloth binding, dust jackets. 

Condition

Bindings rubbed, soiled, toned, text toned with some soiling; jackets quite worn, soiled, sunned, chipped. Fair. AMPLIFIED EDITION. [And:] PLAZA ART GALLERIES. Currier & Ives Lithographs. 15 Auction catalogues from 1936-1941, bound in two volumes. Modern brown cloth, gilt. Wrappers bound-in. Illustrated. A few illustrations mounted to front wrappers. Some occasional soiling in text. Fine. FIRST EDITIONS.

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