The Way Of All Flesh **EXTREMELY RARE 1929 SPECIAL MODERN LIBRARY EDITION GIFT SET BOOK WITH AMAZING ART DECO DUST JACKET** **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**

Butler, Samuel

Published by The Modern Library, New York, 1929

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EXTREMELY RARE 1929 SPECIAL MODERN LIBRARY EDITION GIFT SET BOOK WITH AMAZING ART DECO DUST JACKET! **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**

The Way Of All Flesh by Samuel Butler. This book is part of the extremely rare 1929 Modern Library Gift Set - Three Great Modern Novels. The original gift set came with The Brothers Karamazov and The Return Of The Native. The breathtaking dust jacket on this book is very rare and at the time of this listing not available anywhere online.

Bound in blue balloon cloth (spine #5) with Bernhard end papers. Very short-lived binding style, in use 1929 - Spring 1930. This gold-heavy design was planned before the 1929 crash, and was quickly deemed too expensive for Depression-era book publishing. The gold torchbearer was replaced with a blindstamped torchbearer, and in 1930, the gold tree was dropped.

The Book is in Very Good condition - binding solid and tight, gilt bright and perfect on cover and spine, matching blue top stain bright, small previous owner stamp on end paper with small pen marking on front paste down which fills in part of the ML logo otherwise contents are clean and bright. GORGEOUS!

The all-important and INCREDIBLE ART DECO dust jacket is in Very Good + condition. It is bright and clean with an amazing graphic on the cover. 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. Small chipping on spine extremities with one inch split on top front fold. 159 titles listed on the back panel indicating a 1929 gift set printing. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. GORGEOUS!

EXTREMELY RARE 1929 GIFT SET WITH ART DECO JACKET. SAFE TO SAY YOU WILL NEVER SEE A NICER COPY (OR ANY COPY) ON THE MARKET!

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Way Of All Flesh **EXTREMELY RARE 1929 SPECIAL MODERN LIBRARY EDITION GIFT SET BOOK WITH AMAZING ART DECO DUST JACKET** **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**
• Publisher: The Modern Library, New York
• Publication Date: 1929
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Special Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Boston Book Co Collection