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LEROUX,
GASTON.
The
Phantom of the Opera.
Color fron-
tispiece and four 2-page color illustrations
by Andre Castaigne. 8vo, original pictorial
brown cloth, front cover and spine
stamped in white and blind, trace of wear
to covers; narrow tear through pp. 72-73
with loss of letters, small chip to blank
margin of p. 73.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
FIRST PRINTING
with the imprint “Press of
Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and
Printers Brooklyn, N.Y.” at the foot of the
copyright page.
NewYork: Bobbs-Merrill Company,
(1911)
[800/1,200]
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LEWIS, SINCLAIR.
Babbitt.
8vo, publisher’s blue and orange cloth,
rubbed, bend across front cover; front
hinge cracked; dust jacket, price-clipped,
chipped at spine panel tips, other tears and
creases, several tape repairs on verso; slip-
cased.
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
.
SIGNED
BY LEWIS ON TITLE
. First issue point
“Purdy” for “Lyte” in line 4, page 49.
NewYork: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1922)
[800/1,200]
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LEWIS, SINCLAIR.
Arrowsmith.
8vo, publisher’s cream buckram-backed
blue paper boards, light smudging and
scuffs, printed paper spine label, top edges
gilt, others uncut.
NewYork: Harcourt, Brace and
Company, (1925)
[600/900]
LIMITED EDITION
,
NUMBER
307
OF
500
COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
.
With an
additional presentation inscription from Lewis
to Herbert Evans dated April 23, 1930 from
NewYork on front free endpaper.
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