VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF EDWARD R. LEAHY
New York – Christie’s is honored to present Valuable and Important Books and Manuscripts from the Library of Edward R. Leahy. Quietly assembled with taste and discernment over more than a half century, the Leahy collection features historic authors and works, in extraordinary condition, coming from the greatest sales of the modern era. This library shows depth in a wide variety of areas including, the finest collection of modern illuminated manuscripts and jeweled and other magnificent bindings since the auction of Phoebe Boyle nearly a century ago; English literature, from Spenser to Tolkien, with a particularly emphasis on Charles Dickens and Samuel Johnson & his circle; works relating to Captain Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty; and a fine collection of horror literature including first editions of Frankenstein, Dracula, and a presentation copy of the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Many distinguished libraries are represented including those of Jerome Kern, A. Edward Newton, Paul Francis Webster, Estelle Doheny, H. Bradley Martin, Richard Manney, William E. Self, and Cornelius Hauck.
