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Sale 429: Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Library of Kent Johnson (with additions) (#429) 05/27/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 05/27/2010 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #73 Rabbis and Wives

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$750

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800

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Description

Heading:

(Fine Bindings)

Title:

Rabbis and Wives

Author:

Grade, Chaim

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Knopf

Date Published:

1982

Description:

307 pp. (8vo) finely bound in maroon morocco, hand-colored inlaid tan morocco menorah on front cover, inlaid figural silhouettes of a rabbi holding a large yad on spine and rear cover, housed in quarter morocco clamshell case with a matching silhouette.

A superb custom binding by Arthur W. Johnson, a letter from Johnson to Saul Shapiro regarding the binding laid in. Shapiro's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper.

Condition:

Fine.

Item#:

210263

Headline:

Finely bound by Arthur Johnson
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