A copy of Robert Thornton’s book The
Temple of Flora, unrestored, with a full complement of plates and
in an elegant binding, sold for $85,400 at a Fine Book Sale held June 23
by Bonhams in New York. Also, an archive relating to Frank Lloyd Wright
and his “New Theater” project in Hartford, Conn., including numerous
letters between Wright and the actor-director Paton Price, fetched
$27,450; and a first-edition copy of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved book
Anne of Green Gables topped out at $17,690. Prices include a
20 percent buyer’s premium.
Thornton writes: “Nature has given her a vest of purest white, and also
imperial robes of the brightest scarlet; and that no rude hand should
tear her from her rich domain, she is protected by a myriad of soldiers,
who present on every side their naked and sharp swords against the
daring invader.”
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