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Sale Number		426
Lot Number		4
Sale Name
Fine Books in All Fields - Wizard of Oz - Illustrated Books - Fine Printing
Sale Date		04/15/2010
Price realized		$ 120
(Includes 20% Buyer's Premium)

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Description:
Includes: The Lark. No. 1. [16] pp. (including covers). 7½x5½, wrappers. Pencil inscription and signed by Gelett Burgess on pp. 3. [C.A. Murdock & Co., 1895]. * The Purple Cow. [16] pp. (including covers). 7½x5¼, on "rough China paper" in wrappers. First State. [William Doxey, 1895]. Both works housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase by Jas. Macdonald Co. N.Y.
Pencil inscription by Burgess reads, "This is one of the few 'Murdock' Larks printed before forms were unlocked and Doxey's name put in as publisher. None were sold but a few were given by Bruce Porter & me to our friends," signed and dated 1939.
Condition:
Dampstain on spine of slipcase; both publications very delicate; yellowing, chipped edges; The Purple Cow! split at spine, with some darker yellow coloring, and short closed tears on the edges and gutters; good.

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