Oct 01, 2009 - Sale 2188

Sale 2188 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 540
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
SCARCE CONFEDERATE IMPRINT COLLINS, WILKIE. The Stolen Mask; or the Mysterious Cash-Box: A Story for a Christmas Fireside. 31 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, toned, lower left corner missing (does not affect imprint), two holes, one affecting "The" of title, few other edge chips; uncut and unopened, extremely fragile, some marginal creases or clean tears throughout. Columbia, S. C.: Steam Power-Press of F. G. DeFontaine & Co., 1864

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scarce confederate imprint of the 19th century fiction story by Collins. Fewer than 10 institutional copies are recorded. Crandall 3078; Parrish & Willingham 6276.