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KENT, ROCKWELL. N x E. A complete set of proofs of the illustrations and decorations for the trade edition of Kent's N x E (New York: Random House, 1930). Comprising 115 PROOF IMPRESSIONS, printed by photo-lithography on heavy stock, various sizes, mounted in 56 mats (each with from one to five subjects) and loose in a board box. Including full-page proofs of frontispiece and title-page, 8 full-page illustrations, and 105 smaller illustrations and vignettes (lacking only the colophon device which appears only in the limited issue of the first edition). [With:] SIX ORIGINAL PEN-AND-INK DRAWINGS FOR THIS EDITION. Together 6 drawings, each approximately 95 x 150 mm. (3¾ x 5¾ in.), image size, most mounted on heavier board, each matted and housed in cloth folding case. EACH SIGNED BY KENT in the lower right corner (in pencil). The illustrations from these drawings appear in the published edition at pages 117, 132, 176, 185, 201, and 214. (2)