Hike and the Aeroplane

Lot 309
17.09.2021 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 16 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 309 | Hike and the Aeroplane
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Hike and the Aeroplane
Sinclair Lewis, 1912
[LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951) as:] GRAHAM, Tom. Hike and the Aeroplane. New York: Stokes, 1912.

First edition, first issue with August 1912 on copyright page. Sinclair Lewis's first book, one of only 1,000 copies printed. ABPC records only two copies in dust jacket at auction, the most recent selling in 1994.

Octavo. (Short ink mark to bottom of text block.) Pictorial cloth (a little rubbing at spine); pictorial dust jacket (a little chipping and wear at extremities, including small chip to front panel, a few stray pencil marks to foot of spine panel); custom box.
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