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Lot 158
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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300
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$750
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[HOLLAND, Vyvyan, his copy]. DOUGLAS, Norman (1868-1952). Fabio Giordano's Relation of Capri. Naples: Luigi Pierro, 1906.
8vo. Photographic frontispiece mounted to thick card. (Some toning and spotting). Original printed wrappers (upper hinge separating, a few short chips and tears, lower wrapper rubbed). Provenance: Vyvyan Holland (presentation inscription); Phillip C. Duschnes (bookseller's label).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY DOUGLAS: "Vyvyan Holland from Norman Douglas 11 July 1930." Douglas, whose novel South Wind is set on Capri, lived there for much of his adult life. On his release from prison in 1897, Oscar Wilde also spent one night in Capri, where he was infamously refused service in the island's restaurants.
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation