June Uncurated: Art, Design & Collectibles
Lot 219:
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6 books, all early and first editions. Aubrey Beardsley, The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. / Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925; Paul Laurence Dunbar, Lyrics of a Lowly Life, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898; Mark Twain, The Sieur Louis De Conte, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Jean Francois Alden, Harper & Brothers, 1896; Dylan Thomas, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, New Directions, 1954, with paper dust jacket; Paul Gallico, Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God, Doubleday & Company, 1957, with paper dust jacket; Gertrude Smith, Arabella and Arminta, Laidlaw Brothers, 1915. Beardsley, 11 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 2 1/8"H. All with shelf wear, toning to pages, discoloration and fraying to cloth on boards and spines, pencil writing on endpapers; Beardsley with warping to cover, Thomas discoloration to dust jacket, Gallico tears to dust jacket at spine.
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