. Holograph Letter of Charles I., King of England. William K. Bixby, St. Loius, MO, 1915.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, hardcover, limited to 200 copies, inscribed by publisher, has light bumps to spine ends with some splitting and slight fraying, slight sunning to spine, faint rubbing, very slight bumps to corners, and a touch of shelfwear to edges, otherwise a solid VG copy.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: One of 200 copies printed. Frontispiece portrait, facsimile of the letter. 1 vols. 4to. Freer on Whistler. With a very interesting 8-page 8vo autograph letter from Charles L. Freer, the eminent American collector written from London, May 1902, to W. K. Bixby regarding his visit with Whistler. He describes his pursuit of Whistler's art works and writes Bixby to say that he has arranged for Bixby to purchase "Grey & Silver Pourville." Freer's extensive Whistler collection, with his other fine collections were presented to the Smithsonian Institution to form the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington. Bixby's "Privately Printed Books" p. 15 Original cream boards, stitched. Some light discoloration else a very good copy Frontispiece portrait, facsimile of the letter. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.