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NORRIS, Frank (1870–1902). The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition of Frank Norris’s Works. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. 10 volumes, 8vo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece in Volume I by Arnold Genthe. Full crimson morocco with elaborate gilt frames and cornerpieces, 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt, gilt tooling and centerpieces in 4 compartments, gilt–lettering in 3, top edges gilt, gilt dentelles, crushed green levant doublures with gilt borders, silk moiré front free endpapers (hinge cracked in Volume I before inserted manuscript, few tiny spots of rubbing to joints of Volume I, else fine). LIMITED EDITION, number 17 of 245 copies WITH A 57–LINE MANUSCRIPT PAGE FROM NORRIS’ MCTEAGUE inserted into Volume I with hand corrections and notations; original ink smears and fingerprints of the author. An important set of Norris’ works, with introductions by H.L. Mencken, Theodore Dreiser, and Charles Norris. BAL 15049, 15048 (Volume 10).