Published by Dorrance & Company, Philadelphia, 1948
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper. Dark green, pebbled leatherette covers with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. 217 pages with illustrations by the author. Fictional tale of adventure in which the narrator discovers in 1907 Alaska an old diary kept by a Russian adventurer who traveled the world. Fifteen sketches are salvaged from the decaying book and presented with illustrations for this tale.
Publication Date: 1948
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Fine. Philadelphia 1948 first edition. Dorrance. Hardcover. Pebbled grey cloth with gilt lettering. Fictional tale of world travel with illustrations by author supposedly based on the discovery of old diary. Scarce and quite unusual. Fine. no dj. no owner marks.