first edition
1937 · Meriden, CT
by Hill, Napoleon
Meriden, CT: The Ralston Society, 1937. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good+ with light soiling and light fading to cloth, light stain to top edge. Contents tanned, endsheets offset, hinge at copyright page is slightly exposed and rubber stamp to foot of following page. A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie.
(Inventory #: 140946849)