Rare Testamonial, Printed on Vellum
Fourth Annual Banquet of the Bibliophile Society.
Boston: New Algonquin Club, January 11, 1906.
Price: $600.00
About the item
First Edition. Frontispiece portrait of Bixby, folding plate of the silver punch bowl presented to Bixby by the Bibliophiles. 7 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 4to. Rare Testamonial, Printed on Vellum. Original plain wrappers, stitched. Stitching loose, some browning, else a very good copy of a rare pamphlet with a note tipped in presenting the pamphlet to Bixby's daughter and son-in-law from “Uncle Will and Aunt Minnie” and describing the pamphlet as rare on Oxford Hall 454 Riverside Drive stationery.
Item #19740
RARE. Never seen. Testimonial honoring William K. Bixby, the noted bibliophile. Includes remarks by Albert Bushnell Hart. A browned newspaper clipping regarding the affair is laid in. The presentation from the committee is printed on vellum (2 leaves), some of the other leaves are on japan vellum and others on paper.
