January Winter Estate Finds

2 Books Discovery & Conquest, Book of Signs

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Start price: $100

Estimated price: $200 - $250

Buyer's premium: 25%

Sales Tax: On the lot's price and buyer's premium

2 books. Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521, printed Rafael Loera y Chavez for The Limited Editions Club, 1942, numbered illegibly and signed in ink by Rafael Loera y Chavez (printer), Miguel Covarrubias (illustrator), and Harry Block (editor) on the colophon, 13 1/8" x 9"; Rudolf Koch, The Book of Signs, The First Edition Club, 1930, from the edition of 500, 9 1/4" x 6 3/4". Mexico warping to cover, toning and discoloration to pages, part of one tie missing; Signs missing spine and with fraying to cloth on boards, corners bumed, front board torn at front pastedown, toning and other discoloration to pages.

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