50 Books, Music & Manuscripts
1938 · New York
New York: Scribners, 1938. One of the landmark deluxe rare book catalogues of the 1930s issued hardbound in cloth with all items illustrated with a full-page photographs. Included are such gems as a presentation first of Madame Bovary at $500.00; the holograph manuscript of Jacob’s The Monkey’s Paw for $1,100.00; a presentation Jungle Book; a presentation copy of The Prince and the Pauper that is one of six copies on India paper, etc. Very good. (Inventory #: 5450J)
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