The Purple Land **RARE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET!** **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**

RARE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION** The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson. New York. First printed by The Modern Library in1927 this is a 1933 reprint. This is a VERY attractive copy of a rare Modern Library title in a rare dust jacket. Bound in green balloon cloth (spine #7) with Kent end papers. The book is VERY GOOD. Binding tight, slight shelf wear, bright gilt on cover and spine, some sunning to spine. Contents are clean with no owners signature or other writing in text. GORGEOUS! The rare dust jacket is NEAR FINE with slightest of chipping at extremities otherwise very clean and beautiful. 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. 210 Titles mentioned on back of dust jacket making this a 1933 printing. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. HARD TO FIND EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DUST JACKET! This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989. If you see anything else you like in my store let me know before you order as I always offer discounts to repeat customers! **I WILL BE LISTING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.