$192,000
Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Photographic Sketch Book of the War . Washington, D.C.: Philip & Solomons, [1866]. Two oblong folio volumes, first edition, first issue, with the phrase, "Incidents of the War," printed on every page below the mounted photograph; both volumes with lithographic title pages after drawings by Alfred A. Waud (1828-1891), single page preface in volume one, contents page (present in both volumes), and 100 albumen photographs (fifty in each volume), each photograph covered with a light overleaf printed with the subject and a description of the circumstances of the photograph; the photograph itself mounted on a heavy sheet printed within a tinted frame containing photo credits, title, date, et cetera; bound in uniform publisher's full green morocco, tooled in gold, stamped with the title on the front boards, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g.; some light marginal water staining to the last ten plates in volume one, and very lightly throughout volume two, affecting the mounting pages in both cases, and those only marginally; some signs of water penetration to the leather cover of the back board of volume one, and the endleaves in volume two; the overleaf for the "Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, VA" with a closed tear close to the gutter; both bindings with surface rubbing and some loss of surface due to the peeling that often occurs with sheepskin, no repairs to bindings, which are still functional and intact, 12 3/4 x 17 in. (2) The photographic record of th Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
