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Sale 348: Fine & Rare Golf Books (#348) 02/08/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 02/08/2007 1:00 PM PST

Lot #2 The Owl

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Estimate: $150 - $250

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Description

Title:

The Owl

Author:

[Adams, Herbert] Gray, Jonathan, pseud.

Place Published:

Philadelphia

Publisher:

J.B. Lippincott

Date Published:

[1937]

Description:

Yellow cloth, lettered in dark blue. First American Edition.

"This book, which may be Adams' best, is sadly very scarce. There is a lot of golf [here]...the lifestyle of the story's high-society [and] young people is to play golf and tennis during the day and party every night" - Taylor, The Golf Murders, pp.85-6.

Condition:

Mild soiling and shelf wear, slight sunned spine leaning a bit, ends bumped, a few small stains; hinges carefully glue-repaired; about very good.

Item#:

174304

Headline:

Herbert Adams Jonathan Gray The Owl golf mystery
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