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LOT #214
Violin Book Assortment
(6) illustrated, hardcover books including “Stradivari” and “Guarneri” both by W. E. Hill & Sons, Great Britain, each subsequently re-published in 1980, both quarter leather with linen and having shared linen slipcase, (2) copies “The ‘Primrose’ Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1697” and “The ‘King Joseph’ Joseph Guarnerius Del Gesu, Cremona, 1737” each hand signed by the authors, Robert Bein and Geoffrey Fushi, Bein & Geoffrey, Chicago, 1983, #125 and #126/700 and 1980, #17/1000, monographs, each quarter leather with linen and “I Centenari Dei Guarneri 1698-1998″ by the Consorzio Liutai & Archettai ‘A. Stradivari’ Cremona,” Cremona, First Edition, October 1998, Italian having parallel text in English, in a dust jacket
Estimate: $300 - $500
Hammer Price: $500
Provenance: the Estate of Solomon "Fred" Spector, violinist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1956-2003
Dimensions: Height: 12 5/8 inches, Width: 9 3/4 inches, Depth: 7/8 inches (Centenari (tallest))
Condition: Very Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use, "Centenari" having slight wear to edges of dust jacket and subtle toning to cover and page edges throughout, embossed gilt lettering of "King" along spine moderately faded relative to cover and gilt lettering on spines of other monographs and having a personalized dedication, seemingly from one of the others, slipcase holding "Hill" books having few scuffs resulting in color inconsistency
Disclaimers: individual pages not inspected; not subject to page-by-page inspection for completeness or condition and possibly having previous owner names, occasional notes, bent corners or creases
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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%), Wisconsin (5.500%)