Description

Sotheby & Co., Sale 6553, Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana - Property of a Missouri Collector, Property from the Estate of Anthony N. B. Garvan, Property of Various Owners. Catalog of auction held Tuesday, May 3, 1994 in New York. Paper covers. Includes detailed descriptions, many with photos, and estimates of 137 lots offered at auction. Notable lots include a letter signed by George Washintion to Colonel Matthias Ogden, George Washington's copy of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, 1794, and Post-battle damage assessment report map of Pearl Harbor, prepared and drawn by Mitsuo Fuchida, the lead pilot of the Japanese Air attack. In good+ condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. One page has some notes in ink (concerning Lot 92). Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks.