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Lot 118

Sale 5213 - Rare Books and Manuscripts
Apr 4, 2013 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$400 - 600
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5 vols.


5 vols.
Clemens, Samuel L. [Mark Twain]: A Double Barrelled Detective Story. N.Y. & London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. 8vo, orig. gilt red cloth; corners bumped. Plates. Internally generally clean. BAL 3471* Sketches. Hartford, Conn.: The American Pub. Co., 1875. 1st ed., 2nd state. 4to, orig. gilt lettered blue cloth; stained, corners bumped, wear to head and foot of spine. Hinges a bit loose. Former owner's notations on front free endpaper. Binding loose. Light toning and scattered spotting. BAL 3364. * The Jumping Frog. N.Y. & London: Harper & Brothers Pub., 1903. 1st thus. 8vo, orig. pictorial red cloth; corners bumped, spine faded. BAL 3477. * A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. N.Y: Charles L. Webster, 1889. 1st Amer. ed. Lg. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered, gilt blue & black stamped olive green cloth; corners bumped, light wear to edges & joints. Frontis, other illus. Gutter of frontis & title starting to separate. Small areas of discoloration from newspaper on pp XIV & XV. Without fly title & fly adverts at back. Bookplate of Walter Chrysler on paste-down. Bright front cover. BAL 3429. * Library of Humor. N.Y: Charles L. Webster, 1888. 1st ed., 2nd state. 4to, orig. gilt-lettered olive green cloth; corners bumped, edges worn. Hinges loose. Light discoloration. BAL 3425.

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