Endore Guy Trans (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Borzoi Edition. First Borzoi Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 6". 280pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Wear to jacket with rubbing and toning to covers and creasing and light tears to corners and edges. Sunning to spine.Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Rubbing and toning to covers and edges of boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to gutters of front and rear endpapers. Very light foxing to pages. Bookseller ticket of The Personal Book Shop, Boston to front pastedown. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This stirring tale of Iceland fishermen; of their expeditions to the cold and dangerous regions where the summers no longer have nights, and of their return to their firesides in Paimpol--is one of the great masterpieces of French literature. It is a gripping tale of adventure and romance, a colorful and exciting story of fearless men, and of their patient, courageous wives.(Publisher).…

Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. New York: The John Day Company, 1929. First American Edition, printed in a run of 3,000 copies. Large octavo; black cloth boards stamped in red and gilt; 342pp. Black and white illustrations. Lacks dust jacket. Rubbing and heavy spotting to boards, predominantly to rear board; brief exposure to edges. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Good to Very Good copy. …