PLUCK AND LUCK
-From the Library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.-
1925
First Edition
Harper & Brothers [New York]
8vo (295 pages)
Hardcover without Dust Jacket [Orange cloth]
Item Number: 212860
$200.00
Description
This very good copy of the First Edition, without dust jacket, has movie star Douglas Fairbanks’ elaborate crested bookplate affixed to the pastedown. Save for some fading to the cloth, more pronounced along the spine, the book is virtually mint and the contents are fine. There is also an inked note “For DF” laid-in and the date: “5-20-50” discreetly in ink on the upper edge of the front free endpaper.
Robert Benchley and Douglas Fairbanks were close friends and drinking buddies. Fairbanks’ library contained copies of most of Benchley’s books.