Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 146

Price Realized: $ 2,500
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
[KEY, FRANCIS SCOTT.] The Star Spangled Banner. 2 facing pages, 13 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, on one folding sheet; disbound, moderate foxing, inked additional page numbers. New York: Geib & Co., circa 1816-17
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First New York printing of the national anthem as we know it today (though composer James Hewitt had published Key's words over an entirely new melody earlier in 1816). Filby & Howard, Star-Spangled Books S13.