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WALLACE, EDGAR; and COOPER, MERIAN C.
King Kong.
Novelization
by Delos W. Lovelace. 8vo, original green cloth, front cover and spine lettered in brown,
spine faded, minor soiling and a few minor surface imperfections, top edges stained brown;
pictorial dust jacket, publisher’s advertisement on verso, expertly restored along edges and
folds, spine panel slightly faded; photo-illustrated endpapers.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932
[3,500/5,000]
FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET
of the novelization of one of film his-
tory’s great classics. The rarest of the photoplay editions.
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WALLACE, LEW.
Ben-Hur.
Photogravure illustrations, titles in red and black,
lettered tissue-guards. 2 volumes. 8vo, rebound in
1
/
2
navy morocco over light blue cloth,
spines gilt in compartments, light soiling to covers, top edges gilt; contents clean; book-
plates of Patrick McGrath covering earlier others to front pastedowns.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892
[400/600]
Garfield Edition. With facsimile letter from General Garfield to General Wallace bound in at
front of volume 1.
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WAUGH, EVELYN.
Vile Bodies.
8vo, publisher’s cloth-backed patterned boards,
slight lean, spine darkened, mild edgewear, top edges stained black; dust jacket, a few damp-
stains and slight chipping not affecting letters to spine panel, light finger soiling and
moderate overall rubbing.
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1930)
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
in third printing dust jacket with $2.50 price. Scarce title in early
issue dust jacket. The author’s second novel.
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