first edition Hardcover
1914 · New York & London
by REED, John
New York & London: D. Appleton and Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Ink name and date on front pastedown; spine tips beginning to fray. Very Good in a Good example of the extremely scarce dustwrapper worn at the extremities with a few chips and nicks. The front panel is missing a 1-1/2" x 1/2" piece, and the crown of the spine and top of the rear panel have small losses; the publisher's price on the spine is covered by a sticker, browned and partly removed, with a few internal tape repairs. The pictorial front panel and printed back panel are reasonably bright. Gilt-decorated and lettered orange-red cloth in pictorial dustwrapper. From the (truncated)