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Lot 167

Sale 2586 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Sep 30, 2016 6:00AM ET
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(Scranton Estate : ...


(Scranton Estate : Modern Literature). 6 Vols London, Jack: The Son of the Sea Wolf. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. First edition, third printing. 12mo, original silver-stamped gray cloth; light edge wear, a little cocked. Frontispiece, tissue guard. Front hinge cracked, front free endpaper starting to separate, light foxing to front matter. BAL 11869 - 3rd printings, publisher spine imprint: Houghton/ Mifflin and Co. London's first book. * idem. The Game. New York: Macmillan, 1905. First edition. 8vo, original color-stamped green pictorial cloth, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; light to occasionally moderate edge wear, very slightly cocked. Color frontispiece (small tears and creasing at bottom edge), 5 color "plates," other illustrations, pictorial endpapers. BAL 11886. * idem. Before Adam. New York: Macmillan, 1907. First edition. 8vo, original light brown rough buckram, top edge stained light tan, other edges untrimmed; light wear, slightly cocked. With color frontispiece, 7 color "plates," double-page map, other illustrations. 3 plates loose and creased, moderate foxing and dust smudging to title and front matter, other scattered light foxing and smudging. BAL 11903. * idem. The Valley of the Moon. New York: Macmillan, 1913. 8vo, original white-lettered, black-stamped pictorial orange cloth; light edge wear, corners a little bumped, bottom of spine discolored, minor occasional dust smudging to edges. Color frontispiece, 6 p. publisher's catalog at back. BAL11947. * idem. The Little Lady of the Big House. New York: Macmillan, 1916. First edition. 8vo, original color-stamped pictorial blue cloth, gilt-lettered, color pictorial spine; light wear. Color frontispiece. Front hinge racked. 6 p. publisher's catalog at back. BAL 11966 * idem. Michael, Brother of Jerry. New York: Macmillan, 1917. First edition. 8vo, original gilt- and white-lettered, black-stamped pictorial red cloth; light to moderate edge wear. Color frontispiece. 10 p. publisher's catalog and 2 blank leaves at back. BAL 11974.

From the Estate of former Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton and First Lady Mary L. Scranton.

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