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Lot 469

[SCHMITT, Joseph]. L’Ile d’Anticosti. Whose Wild and Barbar...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[SCHMITT, Joseph]. L?Ile d?Anticosti. Whose Wild and Barbaric Charm has Attracted Ardent Fisherman from All the World. Hartford: Privately Printed, 1940. 8vo. Illustrated with nine mounted color plates and with the folding map of the island in the rear pocket. Publisher?s deluxe binding of full brown calf, spine stamped in gilt (spine toned and rubbed, some rubbing to corners, a few color plates mildly creased). FIRST EDITION OF EUGENE E. WILSON?S ADAPTATION OF SCHMITT?S ORIGINAL WORK, ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES IN THIS SPECIAL BINDING, OUT OF A TOTAL EDITION OF 150.