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Lot 68
Sale 5183 - Books & Manuscripts
Feb 18, 2021
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[Literature] [Benchley, Robert] Stein, Gertude Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms
New York: Claire Marie, 1914. First edition, one of 1,000 copies printed. 8vo. 78 pp. Original yellow paper-covered boards, title label to front board, worn at extremities, spine partially perished, small cicular stain on rear board, likely from the bottom of a glass; hinges split. From the library of Algonquin Round Table charter member Robert Benchley, with no ownership marks but with several newspaper clippings laid in, presumably by his wife Gertude, as was her custom. Haas & Gallup IV. .