Wilderness. A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska

Kent, Rockwell

Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1920

4to. 11 1/4" by 8 1/8". xvii, 217pp. First edition. Very good plus book in very good minus dust jacket. With drawings by the author. Gold-brown tweed cloth covered boards with gilt stamped lettering and small illustrations on front board panel; gilt-stamped lettering on spine. Upper external page edges are gilt. Outermost edges and spine are lightly sunned. Dust-toned and light foxing to side and lower external page edges. Illustrated end papers. Numerous full-page and in-text Rockwell illustrations. Text pages are age-toned else internally clean. No marks or tears. Dust jacket is soiled and scuffed overall. Jacket spine is sunned and with several damp stains. Significant losses at head and tail of jacket spine and upper edges of front and back panels. Upper edge of back jacket panel has a 1 1/8" closed vertical tear to the right of center. Lower edge of back panel is chipped with loss of 1/2" and an adjacent closed vertical tear of 5/8"; lower edge of front panel has several closed vertical tears of up to 1 1/2". All upper edges, including inside flaps, are softened and with shallow horizontal creases. All fore-edge corners are rubbed with loss. All folds are creased and with several rub throughs and closed tears. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. Seller Inventory # ABE-1742516676293

Bibliographic Details

Title: Wilderness. A Journal of Quiet Adventure in ...
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London
Publication Date: 1920
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition.