1870 WEST POINT YEAR BOOK, SPECTEMUR AGENDO '70
United States Military Academy, Westpoint, New York
contains tipped-in albumen photographs, incl. (106) administration, professor and cadet photos, 5" by 4"; (75) scenic/interior, etc. photos 5.5 by 8.5"; ornately leather bound with gilt embellishments and opalescent glass jewels to corners, brass clasps; 13" by 11"; 4.5"d
The photos of people have later period ink biographical notations written by a gentleman who also graduated from the Academy in 1870.
From the home of a Harvard, Massachusetts home from a doctor who lived with a family whose son attended West Point.
Leather, cover and spine in very fine condition; cardboard pages slightly warped; (2) admin. photos missing, Col. Kent and Antone Lountz?; (3) scenics missing, Battalion, Mess Hall, Mess Hall from ? missing
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Realized: $850 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 62 : 1870 WEST POINT YEAR BOOK, SPECTEMUR AGENDO '70
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