Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Oct 20, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 571
WALL, Bernhardt T., illustrator (1872?1956). ?? GLEASON, Do...
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500
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WALL, Bernhardt T., illustrator (1872?1956). ?? GLEASON, Dorothy and J. Duncan. Windjammers. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1922. 4to. 28 etched leaves of text by Wall with numerous illustrations and decorations by J. Duncan Gleason in various colors, under tissue as issued. Original publisher?s quarter cloth, paper over boards with etching cover illustration, uncut. Provenance: Henry Brevoort Kane (book label with penciled gift inscription laid in); Grenville Kane (bookplate). The Brevoort Kane family was one of the richest in Manhattan. LIMITED EDITION, number 91 of 325 copies SIGNED BY BOTH GLEASON?S AND BERNHARDT WALL on limitation. A superb collaboration between landscape and marine artist J. Duncan Gleason, his wife Dorothy, and historian, illustrator and etcher Bernhardt Wall. We are unable to locate any copies institutionally.
