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Published by MODERN LIBRARY,Bennett A. Cerf, Donald S. Klopfer Designed Walpole Printing Office, bound for ML By H. Wolff, 1930
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, STATED 1ST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1930, in the first issue, 190-title Dust Jacket. The book itself is Good/VG, with some LIGHT separation opposite the title page. BACK DJ MENTIONS 190 BOOKS & PRE ZIP CODE COUPON, Small octavo. There is a signature on the free front endpaper b/w Frontispiece, , Lavishly Illustrated incredible deep, rich black plates of the Alaskan wilderness; as witnessed in the 1920s . There is almost no fading elsewhere and the illustrations are in great shape. The DJ is G/VG. There are minor tears and creases and a piece of tape across the top inside of the jacket. The spine of the DJ is slightly faded, but still not a bad copy for an over ninety-year-old jacket, Shallow chipping to spine ends of jacket, LAVENDER TOPSTAIN , Lavishly Illustrated incredible deep, rich black plates of the Alaskan wilderness; as witnessed in the 1920s .The inside of the DJ lists the complete 190 books in the series #182 on the DJ spine, which has very minor edgewear.with second preface Red topstain still evident with a restoration the original publishers refused to print and a 2p. special "Second") introduction for Modern Library Kent has written a new Preface for this edition and there is a frontispiece together with 46 woodcut illustrations in the text. One of the most elegantly designed of all books from the Modern Library.