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Description: A Gallery of Contemporary New Orleans. Illustrated by William Spratling. 8vo, publisher's bright green boards with buff-colored printed paper label; in a custom slipcase. First edition; No. 129 of 250 copies. This is one of 200 copies constituting the first issue after 50 copies signed by Spratling (which 50 copies have some of the plates lightly tinted). This copy does not have and has never had the "SECOND ISSUE" label on the colophon page. One tiny nick and a few tiny rubbed areas to the boards; but a very sharp copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Drawn by W.M. Spratling and Arranged by William Faulkner. Thin 8vo, green boards; darker green printed label. New Orleans: The Pelican Bookshop, (1926). First Edition. Of an edition of 250 copies this is number 15 of about 50, signed on the flyleaf by Spratling, and with some of plates hand tinted by him. Spratling has added a presentation on the dedication page to author Kenneth Roberts, whose ex-libris is on the endpaper. The very delicate binding is in fine, original condition, except for inevitable fading of the spine and upper front cover. There is a half inch closed tear in the margin of the title page, otherwise a fine copy of a very scarce book.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.