May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 238

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
LOCKE, RICHARD ADAMS. The Moon Hoax; or, A Discovery that the Moon has a Vast Population of Human Beings. Wood-engraved frontispiece showing the Moon. 8vo, 19th-century 1/4 cloth, moderate wear; contents clean. Bookplate and signature of Samuel Verplanck Hoffmann. New York, 1859

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with: Griggs, William N. The Celebrated "Moon Story," Its Origin and Incidents; with a Memoir of the Author. 12mo, original cloth, spine faded, damaged at top; contents clean. New York, 1852.