"LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBER-LAND" FIRST EDITION PLATINUM AGE BOOK.
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Winning Bid:
$885.50 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #205 - Part II
Item numbers 1427 through 3167 in auction 205
Value Code:
K - $1,000 to $2,000 Help Icon
Item Description
11x16.5" with 64 pages counting covers. Published Sept. 1906 by Duffield & Co. under 1906 New York Herald copyright. Thin cardboard covers include front cover with image of several Nemos in and around bed. Front cover art is repeated on title page in bwr and remaining pages each have full color Winsor McCay strips printed on front side only with blank reverse. Front cover is heavily worn with creasing and pieces missing. Back cover is missing. Book has been professionally restored with new cardboard backing for front and back covers and new end papers. Title page has lt. tanning around margins and pieces gone from corner tips. Last several pages have small blank margin edge tears repaired with clear tape on reverse. Lower right corner tip of last several pages has bit of insect damage though image area is not affected. Overall inside pages are Fine. Rare. One of only a few we've offered in our 46 years and the first we've offered in over a decade. The Overstreet price for this book in Fine condition is $5,000.
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