Published by Doubleday, Page & Company: Garden City, New York, 1914.
A TRUE First American Edition/First Printing/First State with ALL First Edition Points present!
This rare treasure has some very clearly visible wear/age, but is still in Highly Desirable, Highly Collectible condition!
The
book appears gently read and has no internal writing, no
remainder marks, no missing pages and is NOT Ex-Libris or a
BCE.
The binding is somewhat cracked and shaky, but is still holding tight.
All of the pages, including the beautiful illustrations, are present and attached.
Some
general/shelf wear along with creases/marks/wear to the
spine/corners/boards, marks/wear to the edge/fore pages and creases/marks/wear to the pages, NOT affecting the text!
Please note the wear to the spine/corners/boards, particularly noticeable near/along the edges and on the spine, and the wear that is present on the pages, particularly noticeable on certain pages!
The marks are quite large on a few of the pages and the wear is considerable.
All of the wear previously mentioned is very clearly visible and should be carefully examined/considered.
As mentioned before, there is some wear to the binding!
The wear includes rips and some pulling away.
The book should be opened/handled with care to further damage!
We tend to grade the condition of our books rather harshly and took into consideration any and all wear when determining the value of this rare book.
We purposely and closely photographed what we consider to be the most obvious and egregious.
Once again, we want to reiterate that the wear is very clearly visible!
All of the wear should be carefully examined/considered BEFORE buying.
Numerous photographs from various angles were taken for your consideration/inspection.
Please closely and
carefully view ALL the pictures for further clarification!!
Payment must be received within three days or the book will be re-listed.
Please
feel free to contact us with any and all questions. We are very proud
of our 100% positive feedback/ranking and offer an easy, no questions
asked return policy so you can buy with confidence! Thank You!!