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Sat, May 6, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, May 7, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 448

[Weldon, S. James] Twenty Years a Fakir.

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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[Weldon, S. James] Twenty Years a Fakir. Omaha: Gate City Book and Novelty Co., 1899. Rare first edition. Contemporary gray cloth, original wraps placed on endpaper. 8vo. Chipping on title page, minor staining and discoloration throughout; good. This was the original copy used by John Luckman, original founder of The Gambler’s Book Club, to produce a reprinted edition in 1980. The first edition was originally in paper wraps, but here is finely rebound with the original wraps intact.

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