May 15, 2018 - Sale 2478

Sale 2478 - Lot 67

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) DODGE, MARY ELIZABETH MAPES. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates. A Story of Life in Holland. Title-page and 4 page publisher's ads printed in red and black. Frontispiece by F.O.C. Darley and 3 illustrations by Thomas Nast. 8vo, publisher's gilt and blind-stamped cloth, spine tips rubbed slightly, corners bumped with small splits; front free endpaper lacking; some spotting, chiefly to front and end matter. New York: James O'Kane, 1866

Additional Details

first edition, association copy, signed by cyril nast in pencil: "Presented by Nast" on first blank. Cyril Nast (1879-1966) was Thomas Nast's youngest child and gave this copy to the Camp Restwell for Boys, who later, upon closing, presented it to the unnamed recipient, thence to current owner. BAL 4753; Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 25.