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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 603

[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The John James Audubon Portfolio... Edited and with an Introduction by Ben Forkner. [France:] Ed

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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851). The John James Audubon Portfolio. Edited and with an Introduction by Ben Forkner. [France:] Edition de la Main Fleurie, 2004. Folios. Suite of 2 groups of 48 color prints each, one suite with accompanying text in English. Loose signatures as issued. Housed in publisher's olive-green cloth clamshell case. LIMITED EDITION, #382/2500 COPIES. This title reproduces a selection of Audubon's preliminary drawings. 

Condition

Minor occasional soiling in text; slipcase rubbed and soiled. Fine.

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