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Sale 244: Americana: From the Atlantic to the Pacific (#244) 07/11/2002 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 07/11/2002 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #12 The American Spy

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$106.25

Estimate: $100 - $150

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Description

Heading:

(American Spy)

Title:

The American Spy

Author:

**

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Printed for the Author

Date Published:

1791

Description:

xxi, [3], 167 pp. (12mo) 6¾x4, marbled boards rebacked with leather spine. Second Edition.

Same collation as the 1786 first edition, which bore the longer, more expressive title, "Letters Written in London by an American Spy." Howes L297. Deaccessioned from the Fuller Collection at the Spokane Public Library.

Condition:

Covers rubbed, extremities worn, old printing on the marbled paper showing through; front hinge cracked at title, first signature detached, title-page darkened with corners chipped; overall very good.

Item#:

117980
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