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GARLAND, Hamlin (1860-1840). Main-Travelled Roads. Six Mississippi Valley Stories. Boston: Arena Publishing Company, 1891.
8o (197 x 120 mm). Original tan printed wrappers, uncut (light soiling); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (presentation inscription from Garland on sheet laid-in: "My first book and one that made me decide to 'write for a living.' Hamlin Garland." With Skiff's pencilled notes on verso: "My good friend Hamlin Garland wrote this slip especially for my copy of Main Travelled Roads as I did not care to take the risk of sending this beautiful copy to him either by express or mail.") -- Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate in slipcase chemise).
FIRST EDITION OF GARLAND'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK OF FICTION, PRESENTATION COPY TO FREDERICK SKIFF. Johnson High Spots 35.
8o (197 x 120 mm). Original tan printed wrappers, uncut (light soiling); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Frederick W. Skiff (presentation inscription from Garland on sheet laid-in: "My first book and one that made me decide to 'write for a living.' Hamlin Garland." With Skiff's pencilled notes on verso: "My good friend Hamlin Garland wrote this slip especially for my copy of Main Travelled Roads as I did not care to take the risk of sending this beautiful copy to him either by express or mail.") -- Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate in slipcase chemise).
FIRST EDITION OF GARLAND'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK OF FICTION, PRESENTATION COPY TO FREDERICK SKIFF. Johnson High Spots 35.