Sleight of Hand - The Jeff Busby Collection
Sat, Aug 19, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Aug 20, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 158
Clark, William. The Boy's Own Book.
Estimate: $200 - $300
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Clark, William. The Boy's Own Book. Two editions, comprising: Boy's Book Extended (New York: James Miller, 1865 [Improved Edition]; not in Toole Stott), pictorial gilt-stamped pebbled green cloth, frontispiece and engraved half-title between tissue, other parts bound in: Parlour Magic (n.d.) and Paul Preston's Book of Gymnastics (1864), paginated separately, separate title pages; and Boy's Own Book (New York, 1875 [World Edition]; Toole Stott 995), blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, with 3 parts in one (titles as above). Binding to first volume broken, with weathered spine ends; second volume heavily rubbed, ink splatter to upper right corner.
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