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Lot 116
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$300 -
400
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$200
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Lot Description
CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain," 1835-1910). A group of 6 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
English As She Is Taught. Boston: Mutual Book Company, 1900. Original gray printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, second state. BAL 3465. -- Extracts from Adam's Diary. 1904. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3480. -- A Horse's Tale. 1907. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3500. -- Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. 1909. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3511. -- Is Shakespeare Dead? From My Autobiography. 1909. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3509. -- Report from Paradise. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1952. Charles Locke, illustrator. Original publisher’s dust jacket (a few holes and wear). FIRST EDITION. BAL 3581. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, all published New York and London by Harper & Brothers, except where indicated, all in original publisher’s cloth bindings, condition generally fine.
Property from the Collection of Richard Park