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Featuring over 400 lots from estates and collections from Bucks County, Philadelphia and New Jersey. Highlights include Memoirs, Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Four Vols. 1829, artwork by Gustave Cimiotti, Jr. (1875 - 1969), Isabel (Wolff) Bishop (1902 - 1988), Lewis (Luigi) Bosa (1905-1981), Anders Zorn (1860-1920), Joseph J. Remlinger (New Jersey/Pennsylvania, 1909-1967), Jorge Noceda Sanchez (Dominican/American, 1931-1987), Helen Bershad (American, Born 1934), Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (1892-1972) and Joseph Barrett (Born 1936). Also included is a good selection of art glass by Durand, Honesdale and Dorflinger, Native American pottery including works by Maria and Julian Martinez, a good selection of silver from the 17th to the 20th centuries, rare prints by Picasso, Dali and others, and selected furniture and decorative arts. Of special interest are items that are associated with the Roebling family of Trenton, NJ, including original technical drawings by the Roebling Co.
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LOT 33:
Life on Mississippi, Mark Twain, First State American Edition, 1883
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Sold for: $225
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$200 - $400
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Life on Mississippi, Mark Twain, First State American Edition, 1883
'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain. Published 1883 by James R. Osgood and Company. First edition, first state. The image of Twain in flames is on page 441 and on page 443 the Saint Louis Hotel is pictured. Together with 'The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress', American Publishing Company, 1901.
Dimensions: each volume is 9" x 7".
Provenance: Mary G. Roebling (1995-1994), Trenton, New Jersey.
Acquired from above by present owner.
Property from a Bucks County, Pennsylvania Collection.
Footnote: Mary G. Roebling (New Jersey, 1905-1994) was the first woman to serve as the head of a major commercial bank in the United States when she became president of the Trenton Trust in 1937.
Condition:
Both show wear to the binding as pictured.
