Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 511
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [SALESMAN’S DUMMY]. [CARSON, Kit, subj...
Estimate: $200 - $400
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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [SALESMAN?S DUMMY]. [CARSON, Kit, subject]. PETERS, Dewitt C. Kit Carson?s Life and Adventures? Hartford: Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1874. 8vo. Illustrated with example plates. Unpaginated example text leaves, unpaginated subscriber?s pages on ruled paper (only 2 penciled subscribers). Bound in publisher?s full green binding, done in two different sample styles, cloth and calf spine samples on pastedowns (binding worn, soiled, some soiling, faint creasing in text, rp. chipped). Very good. SALESMAN?S SAMPLE FOR LATER (DELUXE?) EDITIONS OF THIS TITLE, WITH PUBLISHER?S PENCILED CERTIFICATION ON THE VERSO OF THE FRONT BLANK. Offered with: Later Trade Edition. Hartford: Dustin, Gilman, 1875. 8vo. Illustrated. 604 pp. Publisher?s special (?) binding of textured cloth, gilt (some rubbing, wear to binding, some soiling in text). Fine. Measurements: 9 x 7 x 2?.
