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[ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE -- AMERICAN]. A group of 3 works in 3 volumes, various folio and 8vo sizes, condition generally very fine.
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022 9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022 9:00AM CT
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Lot Description
[ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE -- AMERICAN]. A group of 3 works, comprising: 

KENT, Rockwell, illustrator (1882-1971). Herman MELVILLE (1819-1891). Moby Dick or the Whale. New York: Random House, 1930. Later half navy morocco gilt, top edge gilt. FIRST TRADE EDITION of one of the greatest American illustrated books of the 20th-century. -- [PENNYROYAL PRESS]. CRANE, Stephen (1871-1900). The Red Badge of Courage. Barry MOSER, illustrator. West Hatfield, MA: The Pennyroyal Press, 1984. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations by Moser. Original cloth; slipcase. -- POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). Tales. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Illustrations by W.A. Dwiggins. Original black cloth-backed boards gilt, top edge gilt; glassine; original slipcase. Provenance: Harry Owens, executive at R.R. Donnelly from 1945-1962, gifted to; William Embree, Chicago businessperson and civil leader (gift inscription, 1955). FIRST WIGGINS-ILLUSTRATED EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, one of 1,000 copies. The Artist and the Book 130; Caxton Chicago by the Book 53. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, various folio and 8vo sizes, condition generally very fine. 

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