The Builder's Pocket-Treasure, and two others

Lot 473
02.06.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 1 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 764615
Lot 473 | The Builder's Pocket-Treasure, and two others
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$ 3 000 – 5 000
PAIN, William (c.1730-c. 1790). Three books by William Pain, 1794-1797.1. The Builder’s Pocket-Treasure. Boston: William Norman, 1794. Evans 25955. 12mo. (Some dampstaining.) 55 engraved plates, some folding (some defective, some text also lacking). Disbound. Custom quarter calf box. 2. The Practical House Carpenter. Philadelphia:Thomas Dobson, 1797. Second American edition. Quarto. 144 engraved plates (only, lacking at least two, several plates with small excisions.) Modern calf, spine gilt.3. The Carpenter’s Pocket Directory. Philadelphia: J.H. Dobelbower, and J. Thackera, 1797. Quarto. 24 engraved plates. (Lacking 3 text leaves and preceding text leaves present in duplicate. Modern cloth (spine sunned). Provenance: Jeremiah Osler (ownership inscription dated 1803).
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