Lot 201
  • 201

Cheloniidae Press — Clemens, S.L. ("Mark Twain") — Robinson, A.J.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description

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The Jumping Frog. [Easthampton, Massachusetts], 1985



8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.; 215 x 136 mm). 15 wood-engraved illustrations by Alan James Robinson, signed by the artist and binder. Full morocco with four inlaid designs of frogs in green morocco by Daniel E. Helm, folding box, bookplate.

Condition

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Catalogue Note

One of 325 copies of which this is numbered 11 of 15 copies including an additional suite of illustrations signed by the artist, together with a suite of illustrations in proof states signed by the artist, separate portfolios. Also included is an original pencil drawing of a frog signed by the artist. The binding is one of twenty bound by Daniel E. Kelm at The Wide-Awake Garage. A further copy of the book is included, in wrappers, numbered 'State Proof # XI'.