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Sale 464: Fine Literature with Books in All Fields (#464) 10/06/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #13The Galilee Hitch-Hiker

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$937.50

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

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Sale 464: Fine Literature with Books in All Fields (#464) 10/06/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Description

Title:

The Galilee Hitch-Hiker

Author:

Brautigan, Richard

Place Published:

[San Francisco]

Publisher:

[White Rabbit Press]

Date Published:

[1958]

Description:

[16] pp. 21.5x16.5 cm. (8½x6½"), original parchment outer wrapper, inner stiff red wrapper, hand stitched. One of about 200 copies. First Edition.

The author's second book, printed by Brautigan's friend John Dunn of the White Rabbit Press using the printing equipment at the Greyhound Bus Company in San Francisco, where Dunn worked. Cover illustration by Kenn Davis. Rare.

Condition:

Wrapper spotted and with a few minor chips at edges; very good.

Item#:

220932

Headline:

Richard Brautigan Galilee Hitch-Hiker 1st Edition
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