277
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TRUMBO, DALTON.
Johnny
Got His Gun.
8vo, original yellow cloth,
slight fraying to spine extremities, minor
rubbing to top and bottom board edges;
dust jacket, portions of top of spine panel
chipped not affecting letters, few closed
tears, front flap detached along fold, over-
all rubbing, spots of dampstaining mostly
evident on verso, with additional wrap-
around advertisement band; top edges
stained red; dampstain on bottom edge
not showing internally, pastedowns and fly
leaves with thin vertical lines of rust stain-
ing.
J. B. Lippincott: Philadelphia, New York,
(1939)
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITION
,
SIGNED
.
An early inscrip-
tion reading: “With good wishes, Dalton
Trumbo, Feb. 13, 1940.” Signed copies in
the original dust jacket of this anti-war classic
are uncommon.
279
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TWAIN, MARK.
A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur’s Court.
2 page publisher’s
advertisements at end. Numerous illustra-
tions by Dan Carter Beard. 8vo, rebound
in full green polished calf, covers with
double-ruled gilt borders, spine gilt let-
tered and tooled in compartments,
morocco lettering labels in 2, all edges
gilt, turn-ins, by Bayntun Riviere, few
small bumps to covers; lacking half-title,
publisher’s olive-green cloth covers bound
in at end; slipcase, shelfwear.
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1889
[1,200/1,800]
FIRST EDITION
,
second state; page 59 without
ornamental “S” between the words “The
King.” A clean, attractive copy, handsomely
rebound. BAL 3429; Johnson pp. 50-52.
277
279
278
●
TWAIN, MARK.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
Half-title,
2 page publisher’s advertisements at end. Numerous illustrations by Dan Carter Beard. 8vo,
publisher’s olive green pictorial cloth stamped in blue, black, and gilt, spots of minor discol-
oration and a few small blisters on front cover, minor rubbing to spine tips and corners;
small nick into lower fore-edge slightly affecting a few page margins, pale green patterned
endpapers, contents clean.
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1889
[1,800/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
,
SIGNED WITH AN EARLY INSCRIPTION BY TWAIN
on tipped-in leaf at
front: “To Mr. Quinn[?] / with the best wishes of / Mark Twain / Dec. 10 [18]89.” Second
state; page 59 without ornamental “S” between the words “The King.” BAL 3429; Johnson
pp. 50-52.
