Feb 20, 2020 - Sale 2530

Sale 2530 - Lot 369

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(CHELONIIDAE PRESS.) Twain, Mark. The Jumping Frog. 15 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson in the text, a folding proof sheet, and a separate suite of state-proofs, the portrait of Twain in three states, original graphite drawings, and a copy of the regular edition of the book. 8vo, decorative binding by daniel e. kelm of the Wide-Awake Garage, featuring mulicolored calf onlays of the frog on covers and doublures. Book and suites laid into publisher's custom linen tray case with spine label. One of only fifteen sets with the proof suite and additional volume, signed by Robinson and Kelm within the deluxe edition of twenty. (Easthampton, 1985)