Feb 21, 2007 - Sale 2104

Sale 2104 - Lot 399

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
EDWARD PENFIELD HARPER'S AUGUST / TOM SAWYER DETECTIVE. 1896.
18 1/4x13 inches.
Condition B+: creases in margins and image; repaired tears at edges; faded. Framed.
A man in a black bathing suit aimlessly smokes his cigarette while a woman in a green dress idly props her head in her hand; lettering in red. Advertising Mark Twain's short story Tom Sawyer Detective; this story was first published in book form in 1896 by Harper & Brothers, and possibly appeared here first, in magazine format. Kiehl 183, DFP 359, Reims 1276.