$397
By the Honourable Graham Vest, senator from Missouri. Etched by Bernhardt Wall. New York, 1920. Thin 4to, marbled paper over green leatherette boards, pastedown label to front cover. First edition. One of 125 copies. Signed in pencil by Wall on title page and inscribed "special copy no. 11 of 14." With original signed cartoon pencil sketch of dog to f.f.e.p., with "Gee, Wall, must like dogs some. I like him for that," in a bubble quote above the dog. With original copperplate for the print "On Guard" mounted inside front cover. Head and foot of backstrip bumped; otherwise a fine copy. Rare.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2009-03-24