I, Claudius - First Modern Library Edition stated - ML# 20.2

Modern Library, New York. 1937. 246 pages. First Modern Library Edition stated, first printing. Original DJ with 95 cents price on flap and 246 ML titles on DJ inverse. Toledano binding style #7. Modern Libary used ML number 20 on two different titles; prior to 1937 it was used for Nietzsche's Beyond Good & Evil. This copy is the first printing of I, Claudius through the Modern Library. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are sound. Green cloth is clean; stamped in gilt. A touch of sunning along edges. FWIW, multiple color bindings were used for first printings with no order preference of note. Orange endpapers are bright and clean. Faint purple Retailed at Macy's stamp on rear fly verso. Original DJ with light rubbing along edges and tiny edge chips. 95 cents price on flap, and requisite 246 titles listed on inside DJ, for the first state DJ. First Modern Library Edition stated, first printing in first state DJ. VG+/VG.