Three items: page 15 from the galley proof for London’s classic 1911 work The Cruise of the Snark, 9.25 x 11.75, hand-corrected in pencil by London, who inserts the line: “We slacked the mainsail off with no more result”; a 5.5 x 3.75 printed photo illustration of a mast and sails, which London has annotated on the front in ink, “Our Head-sails,” and on the reverse, “Chapter II (c)”; and a Merchants National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to W. H. Hall for $49.90, November 19, 1909. In overall very good to fine condition, with soiling, creasing, and punch holes to the galley proof, and trimmed edges, staple holes, and central vertical crease to the photo.
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