Nov 20, 2012 - Sale 2295

Sale 2295 - Lot 281

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
WILSON, MARGARET. The Able McLaughlins. 8vo, publisher's gilt-lettered maroon buckram; top edges stained yellow; internally clean with patterned endpapers reproducing publisher's device, still bright with no spotting or toning; dust jacket printed in red and black, small nicks to spine tips and folds, light edgewear mostly along upper edges, overall remarkably well-preserved. New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1923)
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first edition in scarce first issue jacket. Meets all issue points, including printed Harper Prize winner on front panel, four advertisements on rear panel, and advertisement on rear flap. Unclipped, retaining "$2.00" price and Reorder Coupon on ruled corner on rear flap. A rare, unrestored survival of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel chronicling the titular family, described as "leaders in a pioneer Iowa community."