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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918. Very Good +/Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918. First Edition. Slim octavo (19 cm); 86pp. Two illust., including frontis, collated complete. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket. Boards full bound in cream cloth with black and blue stamping and illustration. Illustrated endsheets. Jacket lightly soiled, scuffed, scratched, and rubbed with chipping and tears overall, including loss to tail of spine. Verso shows previous owner's tape repair, as does the front cover at the corner and middle of the joint. Loss to back panel margin. Boards generally dust soiled and lightly toned with minor scuffing and rubbing (truncated) overall. Bottom margin darkened. Endsheets offset and pages uniformly toned with minor foxing throughout. A Very Good or better copy in a Good only jacket of the unwieldy adventures of a young Sergeant Gray. (Inventory #: 31512)