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Lot 410
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$2,080
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Lot Description
[LITERATURE - WESTERN FICTION]. A group of 57 titles, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, MANY SIGNED, including:
1) BIRD, Robert Montgomery. Nick of the Woods, or The Jibbenainosay. A Tale of Kentucky. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837. 2 volumes.
2) DOBIE, J. Frank. Tongues of the Monte. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. INSCRIBED BY DOBIE to his "good friend" Winnie Allen.
3) FISHER, Vardis. City of Illusion. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1941. LIMITED ISSUE, number 48 of 100 copies of the "de luxe edition", SIGNED. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY VARDIS TO BOOK COLLECTOR INGLE BARR.
4) MORRELL, Ed. The Twenty-Fifth Man. Montclair, NJ: New Era, 1924. INSCRIBED BY MORRELL TO CAPTAIN RICHMOND HOBSON.
5) MULFORD, Clarence E. Hopalong Cassidy. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1910.
6) PARKER, Frances. Hope Hathaway. Boston: C.M. Clark, 1904. Illustrated by C.M. Russell.
7) RAINE, William MacLeod. The Yukon Trail. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917.
And 51 others. Together 57 works in 57 volumes, all 8vo, all in original bindings, most in dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good. Complete list available upon request.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
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