The Emperor Jones and The Straw **RARE EARLY PICTORIAL JACKET MODERN LIBRARY EDITION**

O'Neill, Eugene; Dudley Nichols (Introduction)

Published by The Modern Library, New York, 1929

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RARE EARLY PICTORIAL JACKET MODERN LIBRARY EDITION The Emperor Jones and The Straw by Eugene O'Neill. New York: The Modern Library, 1929 . Here is a very attractive copy of one of the first early pictorial dust jacketed Modern Library titles. Bound in red balloon cloth (spine #5). Very short-lived binding style, in use 1929 - Spring 1930. This gold-heavy design was planned before the 1929 crash, and was quickly deemed too expensive for Depression-era book publishing. The gold torchbearer was replaced with a blindstamped torchbearer, and in 1930, the gold tree was dropped. The book is NEAR FINE. Solid binding, very bright gilt. Very minor foxing on text block. Contents are very clean with owner's signature on title page but no other writing in text. GORGEOUS! The dust jacket is NEAR FINE - slightest of chipping on top and bottom and spine darkening. Otherwise very clean and bright! The back of the dust jacket mentions 150 titles matching a 1929 printing. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. VERY HARD TO FIND EARLY PICTORIAL DUST JACKET MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**. Seller Inventory # 000539

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Emperor Jones and The Straw **RARE EARLY...

Publisher: The Modern Library, New York

Publication Date: 1929

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine