LOT #90077 |
Sold on Oct 16, 2008 for: Not Sold
Talbot Mundy. Six Books,... (Total: 6 Items)
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Description
Talbot Mundy. Six Books, including: Caves of Terror. Garden City: Garden City Publishing, [1924]. First American edition. Printed wraps, digest format. 118 pages. Light chipping to front and rear upper corners affecting a few pages. Covers are remarkably crisp and spine is tight and unrolled. Pages are yellowed, but only mildly. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Overall, a stunning copy of this fragile book. Near fine. [and:] Jungle Jest. New York: The Century Company, [1932]. First edition. Octavo. 392 pages. Spine is leaning. Boards are rubbed and edge worn. Library stamp on front free endpaper. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Purple Pirate. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First edition. Octavo. 367 pages. Spine ends are frayed and there appears to be bug-nibbling on the board edges and lower portion of spine. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Purple Pirate. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First edition. Octavo. 367 pages. Boards are rubbed and edge worn. Top edge of rear board has been bumped causing a half-inch tear to the board and cloth. Bookplate on front free endpaper. No jacket. Good. [and:] Jimgrim and Allah's Peace. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. First edition. Octavo. 279 pages. Spine is leaning and ends are fraying. Boards are edge worn and rubbed. A portion of the now-missing jacket appears to have been stuck to the front board and then pulled off, leaving a remnant on the lower portion of the front board. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Tros of Samothrace. D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First edition. Octavo. 949 pages. Cloth has a half-inch folded tear to top spine edge along the rear joint. Boards are rubbed and edge worn. Front hinge is soft and rear is splitting. No jacket. Good. From the Frank Collection.Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
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October, 2008
16th-18th
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