Modern Library number 87.1; a circa 1932 reprint, with Giants listed to #5 on unpaginated page 281. Bound in Toledano style 7, with red balloon cloth boards; gold Kent torchbearer on the front board; gold lettering at the top of the spine, and Modern Library with overprint ML image at the base; Kent endpapers; top page edges tinted red (here faded). The book is unmarked; binding cracked at title page but no pages are loose; corners and spine ends of boards bumped with some wear; spine is age-darkened; lacking the dust jacket; Mylar protected.
Near fine with a tear at the bottom of the front end paper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
BEST AMERICAN HUMOROUS SHORT STORIES, An Anthology: ML# 87, 1937/Autumn, 253 Titles on DJ. Includes Mark Twain, O. Henry, Bret Harte, Edward Everett Hale, Edgar Allan Poe, etc.
MISCELLANEOUS TITLE ML# 87, Best American Humorous Short Stories: JESSUP, ALEXANDER, edited by (Balloon Cloth, Kent Endpapers)
BEST AMERICAN HUMOROUS SHORT STORIES, An Anthology: ML# 87, 1937/Autumn, 253 Titles on DJ. Includes Mark Twain, O. Henry, Bret Harte, Edward Everett Hale, Edgar Allan Poe, etc.
MISCELLANEOUS TITLE ML# 87, Best American Humorous Short Stories: JESSUP, ALEXANDER, edited by (Balloon Cloth, Kent Endpapers)
Publisher: New York: The Modern Library Edition. 1937/Autumn, 253 Titles on DJ.
Date published: 1937
Format: Hardcover
SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE BALLOON CLOTH BOOK WITH DJ. Pictorial DJ unclipped (95 cents) in mylar; front flap is detached, but complete, from front cover along seam; chips on all corners front and back and spine edges; small tear on top front middle. Book is covered in beautiful rust color balloon cloth and has pink topstain. Tiny owner name sticker on ffep top right corner.
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