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WYETH, Newell Convers (1882–1945), illustrator. –– ROBERTS, Kenneth (1885–1957). Trending Into Maine. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938.
8vo. 14 full–color plates by Wyeth. Original buckram–backed “natural finish” blue cloth, morocco lettering–piece gilt, edges uncut, illustrated endpapers (extreme edges gently sunned); original slipcase with printed spine label with hand–numbered limitation as issued (sunned with some edgewear). Provenance: contemporary bookseller’s note dated 26 April 1938 to Mrs. Hoffman from Rachel Brand of Kroch’s Bookstores mentioning that this book is being sent.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 643 of 1075 copies of the “Arundel Edition” printed on all–rag paper, SIGNED BY ROBERTS AND WYETH. –– [Laid in:] with the rare suite of 14 color offset lithographs reproduced from the illustrations in the text; loose as issued and housed in original publisher’s printed envelope.