- 512
(Clemens, Samuel L.)
Estimate
1,800 - 2,500 USD
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Description
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Liber Scriptorum. The First Book of the Authors Club. New York: The Authors Club, 1893
Tall 4to (12 1/2 x 9 in.; 324 x 299 mm). Title-page printed in red and black. Full calf by the DeVinne Press, stamped in black and gilt, lettered gilt on upper cover and spine, beveled edges, floral gilt endpapers, top edge gilt; extremities rubbed, a few nicks to spine, joints rubbed, hinges reinforced.
Tall 4to (12 1/2 x 9 in.; 324 x 299 mm). Title-page printed in red and black. Full calf by the DeVinne Press, stamped in black and gilt, lettered gilt on upper cover and spine, beveled edges, floral gilt endpapers, top edge gilt; extremities rubbed, a few nicks to spine, joints rubbed, hinges reinforced.
Provenance
Jed Newhart (inscription on flyleaf dated 4 May 1926)
Catalogue Note
First edition, copy number 233 of 251 produced by the DeVinne Press, with 109 texts, each signed by the author, including Samuel Clemens, who has inscribed "The Californian's Tale" as Mark Twain.