Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Oct 20, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 510
NORRIS, Frank (1870?1902). The Argonaut Manuscript Limited ...
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
NORRIS, Frank (1870?1902). The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition of Frank Norris?s Works. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. 10 volumes, 8vo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece in Volume I by Arnold Genthe. Full crimson morocco with elaborate gilt frames and cornerpieces, 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, gilt tooling and centerpieces in 4 compartments, gilt?lettering in 3, top edges gilt, gilt dentelles, crushed green levant doublures with gilt borders, silk moir? front free endpapers (hinge cracked in Volume I before inserted manuscript, few tiny spots of rubbing to joints of Volume I, else fine). LIMITED EDITION, number 17 of 245 copies WITH A 57?LINE MANUSCRIPT PAGE FROM NORRIS? MCTEAGUE inserted into Volume I with hand corrections and notations; original ink smears and fingerprints of the author. An important set of Norris? works, with introductions by H.L. Mencken, Theodore Dreiser, and Charles Norris. BAL 15049, 15048 (Volume 10).
