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Lot 230
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$2,125
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Lot Description
MAUGHAM, William Somerset (1874-1965). The Trembling of a Leaf. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1921.
8vo. Half-title. Original brown cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some chipping, a few short tears and minor soiling).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. The American edition of Maugham's work, which includes the first appearance of his most famous short story "Rain," precedes the English edition by fewer than three weeks. RARE: We trace no copies of the American edition in dust jacket at auction.