Nov 20, 2012 - Sale 2295

Sale 2295 - Lot 80

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
DRAKE, LEAH BODINE A Hornbook for Witches. 8vo, publisher's black cloth, spine gilt-lettered, endpapers browned from oxidation of binder's glue as usual; dust jacket designed by Frank Utpatel, some light edgewear and mild tanning; bookplate of Rev. Alfred J. Miller on front pastedown. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1950
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first edition, from an original printing of 553 copies, in scarce unclipped jacket. From this small print run, Drake herself received 300 copies from the publisher due to the fact the she helped subsidize the production costs.