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HUBBARD, L. RON.
Slaves of
Sleep * Final Blackout.
First title with
jacket design by Hannes Bok, second
illustrated by Halladay. 8vo, publisher’s
cloth; dust jackets, unclipped, toned, shal-
low chips to fold corners of first title;
owner’s stamps on front pastedown and
flyleaf to second title.
FIRST EDITION AND
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM
, respec-
tively. Blackout originally appeared as a
serial in 1940.
Chicago: Shasta; Povidence: Hadley, 1948
[500/750]
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HULL, RICHARD.
My Own
Murderer * The Unfortunate Murderer.
Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cloth;
dust jackets, moderately rubbed and
creased, edgewear including spine panel
head chip to first title with loss of letters,
tape ghosts on verso of second title,
unclipped; bookplate to first title, top
edges dust-soiled on second.
FIRST AMERI
-
CAN EDITIONS
.
NewYork: Julian Messner, (1940); (1942)
[300/400]
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HUGO,VICTOR.
Les Miserables.
5 volumes bound in 1. Tall 8vo, contem-
porary
1
/
2
leather over marbled boards,
spine gilt ruled in compartments with let-
tering pieces in 2, moderate rubbing and
scratching; ownership signature to first
title-page; bound without advertisements.
NewYork: Carleton, 1862
[500/750]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
FIRST EDITION
IN ENGLISH
.
Carleton hired French scholar
and stenographer Charles E.Wilbour to trans-
late the novel from the first French edition
published just months before. He also spent a
tremendous sum on advertising, the result of
which was that Les Miserables was second only
to Uncle Tom’s Cabin for pre-war novel sales.
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