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Lot 305
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
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Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$780
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Lot Description
OTTOLENGUI, Rodriguez (1861-1937). Final Proof or the Value of Evidence. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.
8vo. Original tan cloth lettered and framed in green (hinges tightened). Provenance: John Talbot Gernon (morocco bookplate).
RARE FIRST EDITION. "Unappreciated even in his own time, Ottolengui finally gave up crime fiction and returned to his original vocation, dentistry - or, as Anthony Boucher once wrote, Ottolengui finally gave up the sleuth for the tooth" (Queen's Quorum 24).
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
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