16 Apr 2012
10:00 EDT
New York
Fine Books and Manuscripts featuring the Michael Lerner Collection
Back to auction 19972
Fine Books and Manuscripts featuring the Michael Lerner Collection
Back to auction 19972
WORLD WAR I—PHOTOGRAPHY.
Collection of 63 photographs, gelatin silver prints, some by Underwood & Underwood, various sizes (largest 8½ x 11 inches), c.1914-1918, around half with printed or pasted-on captions on verso and most with pencil annotations, several copy prints, some oxidation.
Images include Churchill in waterproof coat; Ferdinand of Bulgaria in a Mercedes; German bodies at La Courtine; Russian troops arriving in Marseilles; Woodrow Wilson at a women's camp in Washington and several shots of women with rifles and machine guns; Serbian girl-soldier in rags; alpine snipers; the Somme and its aftermath (several shots, including a captured German tank); and American troops in Paris on July 4th, 1918 (5 images).
Images include Churchill in waterproof coat; Ferdinand of Bulgaria in a Mercedes; German bodies at La Courtine; Russian troops arriving in Marseilles; Woodrow Wilson at a women's camp in Washington and several shots of women with rifles and machine guns; Serbian girl-soldier in rags; alpine snipers; the Somme and its aftermath (several shots, including a captured German tank); and American troops in Paris on July 4th, 1918 (5 images).
Sold for
US$ 1,250
inc. premium
Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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