A Prominent San Francisco Library from the Andrew F. Burke Family
Michaan’s is pleased to announce the sale of a prominent San Francisco Library consisting of over 14,000 hardcover books that have been accumulated over a period of fifty years by one family and kept in their Pacific Heights Estate since the 1920’s.
The collection is strong in history with great emphasis on American Presidential and Constitutional history but also a strong gathering of British and French including major collections of Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, World War I and II. A lovingly assembled collection of all aspects of Irish History including many 19th Century Works.
There are over 50 sets of high quality leather-bound books. As well as over 100 sets of cloth and lesser beauty.
The family stopped buying books circa 1965 and one seldom sees so many vintage titles that have been aged and preserved so well.
In addition there are large quantities of books on Catholicism, Communism, Russian and California History with a strong emphasis on the history of the missions.
Do not miss the opportunity to preview and inspect this massive private collection - only once or twice in a generation does one see an accumulation of this size and content.
Image: The Savoy Cocktail Book, Original Edition, circa 1930 with Brilliant Art Deco Cover. Estimate: $200 / 300
