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The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

Sat, Feb 24, 2024 12:00PM EST
Lot 302

[FORCE BOOK]. Stanley Collins’ Transcendental Book Mystery....

Estimate: $200 - $400

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[FORCE BOOK]. Stanley Collins? Transcendental Book Mystery. London: Kent & Surrey, [1929]. From an unstated limitation of the first edition. Brown/buff printed boards. 8vo. Dawes bookplate. Extremities rubbed, else very good. With original printed instructions and routine.A finely made book, this volume allows the user to determine a word thought-of by any spectator holding the volume. Later reprinted as a paperback, this, the first edition, was produced in extremely limited quantities.