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Book: AUTOGRAPHS: A Key to Collecting by Mary A. Benjamin - 1946 arrangement etc

$ 7.91

Availability: 35 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Condition: Hard cover in good condition, minor discoloration. Good condition.
  • Industry: Autographs
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Here is a 1946 edition of the book Autographs: A Key to Collecting by Mary A. Benjamin.  Published by R.R. Bowker Co. NY. HC 305 pp.  Limited edition to 3000.  With Illustrations and index. By Mary A. Benjamin. Printed by Southworth-Anthoensen Press Portland, Maine.  This rare volume, published in 1946 Includes chapters on famous forgers, detection of forgeries and the hidden signature. the book seems focused on the story of Button Gwinett.  Also, on care and preservation and arrangement.  There are many plates with autographs of A. Lincoln, and several revolutionary era presidents, generals, etc.  Thanks for looking.