KEYES, Daniel (1927-2014). Flowers for Algernon. New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1966.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $938
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
KEYES, Daniel (1927-2014). Flowers for Algernon. New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1966.
8vo. Original gray cloth; original dust jacket (1-inch tear to foot of rear panel, repaired verso, some toning to top and bottom edges, some minor soiling a few other short tears or creases).
FIRST EDITION of Keyes first novel, initially published as a short story in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and winner of the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. When the novel was published in 1966, it won the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Currey p.276.
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