?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
PUCCINI, GIACOMO. Manon Lescaut. Signed and Inscribed, on the title-page, in Italian: "This [work] is dedicated to Cleto Bevilacqua, my friend and companion in hunting delusions, but we hope to be more lucky the next time, goddammit! and how! Prepare the cartridges. . . . GPuccini." 4to, 1/2 morocco, worn; bookplate of Ralph C. Runyon on front pastedown, owner inscription written on--and dealer description tipped to--front blank verso, title-page trimmed along fore-edge and tipped to stub, moderate toning overall to title-page and at edges throughout. Milan: Ricordi, 1893; inscription: Turin, 4 February 1895
