The Home-Run King
NY: New York: A. L. Burt, C. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's lime green cloth stamped in black, in pictorial dust jacket. Book good to very good, binding with light soil and scattered small stains, darkening; brown tape marks on flyleaves, previous owner's ink inscription on flyleaf dated 1921, another previous owner's circular blindstamp on half title, and an ink 1921 Christmas inscription on verso of frontispiece. Jacket is good with general light surface soil and toning, light general wear, spine a bit faded, light taping to verso. A much more attractive copy than usually found. 240 pp. A biographical memoir of Ruth preceeds the ghostwritten schoolboy novel that follows. Good / good. Item #h46125
Price: $375.00