Description:
Bates, Katharine Lee (1859-1929) Christmas Before and After, Signed Copy. [No printer, place, or date, c. 1927]. Quarto single signature pamphlet, reprinted after an essay that first appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, title printed in red and black on soft paper covers, signed on the leaf after the title by Bates, with a printed inscription conveying Christmas greetings, 17 pages, stapled and sewn with thread, a bit dusty, 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.
Estimate $600-800
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Katharine LeeJohn Dorfman
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