To include: Valentine, W. R. Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings by Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century (New York: The Metropolitan Museum, 1909), Vol. I (of two), quarto, blue boards (soiling, damp stains and wear, fair); Nutting, Wallace. Furniture of the Pilgrim Century (Farmingham, Massachusetts: Old America Company, 1924), owner-inscribed "This book is the property of Israel Sack", quarto, green cloth (very good); Luther, Claire Franklin. The Hadley Chest (Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1935), quarto, beige cloth (fine condition); Stoneman, Vernon C. John and Thomas Seymour Cabinet makers in Boston 1794-1816 (Boston: Special Publications, 1959), quarto, maroon cloth (split hinge; wear to edges, fair); Montgomery, Charles F. American Furniture, The Federal Period. A Winterthur Book (New York: The Viking Press, 1966), small folio, blue cloth (lacking spine, tape repairs, fair); Hornor, William McPherson, Jr. Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (Washington: Highland House, 1977), quarto, blue cloth, inscribed to Albert Sack from Joseph Hennage (chips and wear to spine, else good condition); Sack, Harold and Wilk, Max, American Treasure Hunt: The Legacy of Israel Sack (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1986), octavo, yellow boards with dust jacket (wear to jacket, else very fine condition).

From the personal collection of the late Albert Sack, New York City

The wear evidenced by these references indicates that they were well-thumbed by Mr. Sack, who ranked high among the nation's foremost authorities on early American furniture.

$200 - 400