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Lot 256
TAYLOR, CHAS. EDWIN An Island in the Sea. Descriptive of the Past and Present of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. With a Few Short Stories about Bluebeard's and Blackbeard's Castles.
St. Thomas, D. W. I.: Published by the Author at Taylor's Book-Store, 1895. First edition, presentation copy, signed by the author and dated January 1896. Publisher's pictorially gilt red cloth, beveled boards, all edges gilt. 9 x 5 3/4 inches (23 x 14.5 cm); 120 pp., frontispiece and plates after photographs, 6 pp. ads at rear. Light soiling and wear, cloth bubbling in a few places, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, short marginal tears to front free endpaper, title page toned, overopened at two places in text, spotting to ads, nonetheless an attractive copy. A history and guidebook to Saint Thomas, together with amusing tales about Blackbeard and Bluebeard, printed on the island for its burgeoning tourist trade. This copy is bound in the red cloth with additional gilt-stamping, indicative of its being a deluxe version of this attractive publisher's binding.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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