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Lot 289
Sale 402 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Nov 11, 2015
3:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$200 -
400
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PAGANY
Pagany: A Native Quarterly. Boston: Richard Johns, 1930-1932.4 issues, comprising: vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1930); vol. 1, no. 3 (July 1930); vol. 2, no. 1 (January 1931); and vol. 3, no. 1 (January 1932). 8vo, publisher's printed color wrappers. Literary periodical with contributions by William Carlos Williams, Gertrude Stein, Georges Hugnet, Ezra Pound, and others. Light soiling to wrappers, previous owner's pen ex-libris to front wrapper, three issues.[Together with:] The American Autopsy. Edited by Harold Hersey. Springfield, Mass.: Headquarters Publishing, 1932. Vol. 1, no. 1, January 1932. 4to, original printed wrappers. First and only issue of this rare periodical that published 14 unusual articles on literary topics by mostly anonymous authors with titles such as "Literary Animals," "Mr. Twiddlebutton," "Storm in a Water Glass," and I-NI-A-BI." Light soiling and creasing to wrappers.

