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Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest (Modern Library Limp Leatherette Spine 3, ML #89.1)
by HUDSON, W. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. [c.1923-1925]. Hardcover. Author's romantic novel, first published in 1904, is set in the remote jungles of southeast Venezuela. With an introduction by John Galsworthy. --- In Toledano spine #3 / brown leatherette ("Croftleather") limp boards / gilt spine titling & horizontal bars / gilt Modern Library/BL writer-at-desk device, cover / brown topstain / Brodzky illustrated M-L endpapers / lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1923-1925 (no publication date appears on volume). ML #89.1. --- With prior owner's dated signature to front free endpaper, dampstains to edges of endpapers and moderate edgewear; else a clean, firm copy. NOTE: Half title page had worked loose and has been tipped back into this volume.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xi, 289, (8, ads) pages .
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- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80766
- Title
- Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest (Modern Library Limp Leatherette Spine 3, ML #89.1)
- Author
- HUDSON, W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1923-1925]
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