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[TWAIN, MARK; ROOSEVELT, THEODORE; and others] The First Book of the Authors Club. Liber Scriptorum.

Catalogue: The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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[TWAIN, MARK; ROOSEVELT, THEODORE; and others] The First Book of the Authors Club. Liber Scriptorum.

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Lot 257
[TWAIN, MARK; ROOSEVELT, THEODORE; and others] The First Book of the Authors Club. Liber Scriptorum.
New York: The Author's Club, 1893. First edition, number 124 of 251 copies signed by the contributors. Original publisher's stamped leather, in later slipcase. 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (32 x 23 cm); (xviii), 592 pp., with 109 contributions, each signed by the author. Some dampstaining to the rear board, though not severe, a few leaves with trifling discolorations to the extreme fore-edge, but in all a sound example of a very desirable work.

A finely produced anthology with each entry signed by its author, including Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Charles Dudley Warner, John Hay, Theodore De Vinne, and Henry Van Dyke among the 109 signed contributions. Twain provided his short story "The Californian's Tale" and Roosevelt "A Shot at a Bull-Elk." For the Twain: BAL 3438.


C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for $5,670 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for $5,670 (includes buyer's premium)
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The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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