Catalogue of Mr. John A. Rice's Library. To Be Sold by Auction on Monday March 21st 1870 and Five Following Days by Bangs Merwin & Co
New York: J. Sabin & Sons, 1870. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. xvi, 556 pages, prices realized bound at back as pp. 541-556. Contemporary reddish-brown half morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Some rubbing to binding. Item #409698
2687 items, catalogued by Joseph Sabin at the collector's home in Chicago and sold in New York: "Since the Rice collection was well known, such important Americana collectors as William Menzies, Edward Asay, and George Brinley were on hand to vie for rarities. With a return of more than $42,000, the Rice sale was one of the most profitable held in the United States up to that time" (Dickinson, 'Dictionary of American Book Collectors', p. 268).
Price: $250.00