Lot 177
Housman (A. E.) A Shropshire Lad, first edition, American issue, New York, 1896.
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Housman (A. E.) A Shropshire Lad, first edition, American issue [one of 150 copies], title printed in red and black, usual light browning to text margins, ink ownership inscription, light browning to endpapers, original parchment-backed boards, with paper label to spine (variant B) browned and with small chip to head, spine and margins of boards browned, small patched of water-staining, corners a little bumped, rubbed, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [Carter, Sparrow & White 2], 8vo, New York, 1897.
⁂ Housman's most popular poetry collection in the more scarce American issue. 500 sets of sheet were printed, with 350 for the UK and 150 given a cancel title and issued in the US.
Description
Housman (A. E.) A Shropshire Lad, first edition, American issue [one of 150 copies], title printed in red and black, usual light browning to text margins, ink ownership inscription, light browning to endpapers, original parchment-backed boards, with paper label to spine (variant B) browned and with small chip to head, spine and margins of boards browned, small patched of water-staining, corners a little bumped, rubbed, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, [Carter, Sparrow & White 2], 8vo, New York, 1897.
⁂ Housman's most popular poetry collection in the more scarce American issue. 500 sets of sheet were printed, with 350 for the UK and 150 given a cancel title and issued in the US.
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