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Lot 247
Sale 904 - Fine Press Books, Online Only
May 13, 2021
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Online / Chicago
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[JOHN HENRY NASH – BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA]. HARTE, Bret (1836-1902). The Luck of Roaring Camp. The Outcasts of Poker Flat. Tennessee's Partner. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1916.
8vo. Decorations by Ray F. Coyle. Original linen-backed pale blue boards, printed paper spine label, uncut (slight rubbing to spine label). Provenance: Mrs. John H. Poole (tipped in typed letter signed by bookseller Newbegin’s to Mrs. Poole, 21 May 1927 regarding purchase of this book).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 260 copies printed by the Blair-Murdock Company under the direction of John Henry Nash. Mrs. John H. Poole was the wife of California philathropist John H. Poole (1978-1940) who served as an aide to Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish American War and General John Pershing during World War I. BCC 3.
Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher