Fine sale of books and manuscripts

ANDERSON (Sherwood). Winesburg, Ohio. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1919. 8vo. Map of Winesburg, Ohio on front pastedown. Original publisher’s yellow cloth, printed paper spine label, yellow top edge. First edition, First issue, with “lay” for “lie” in line 5 on p. 86 and broken type in the word “the” in line 3 on p. 251. Anderson’s most desirable book being a collection of 22 short stories set in Winesburg, Ohio. Good copy

Lot 2168
Estimate
CHF 2 000 - 3,000
Adjudicated(excl. fees)
CHF 2 600

Description

ANDERSON (Sherwood). Winesburg, Ohio. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1919. 8vo. Map of Winesburg, Ohio on front pastedown. Original publisher’s yellow cloth, printed paper spine label, yellow top edge. First edition, First issue, with “lay” for “lie” in line 5 on p. 86 and broken type in the word “the” in line 3 on p. 251. Anderson’s most desirable book being a collection of 22 short stories set in Winesburg, Ohio. Good copy

Condition report

Dust jacket in reasonably good condition:

Part of the dust jacket is missing where the author’s name appears, with some wear (tears, minor losses and stains) elsewhere

An old crease in one of the corners

The pages are in good condition

The binding is in very good condition

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