[Rarebooks] FS: 1/14 special copies of Bernhardt Wall's "Man's Best Friend" NY:1920

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(WALL, BERNHARDT) Vest, George Graham. MAN'S BEST FRIEND, A Plea to a Jury. Etched by Bernhardt Wall. New York City. New York: Bernhardt Wall. 1920. Lg. 4to. ff.(15). Entirely engraved text and illustrations. There were 2 limitations of this work, one of 125 regular copies, and 1 of 14 special copies. This is "Special Copy #4," signed by Wall, and with an original cancelled copper plate embedded in a preliminary stiff paper sheet. This plate is the engraved text for "The Preface". Orig. drab boards, with an etched label on the front board. Spine extremities lightly rubbed, otherwise a lovely copy.    $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
This dog story is Wall's first "etched books."  We offer one of the few "special copies".
Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
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