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

RARE FIRST 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 Modern Library Edition 1927 stated on the copyright page. This is an attractive copy of a rare Modern Library title in a rare dust jacket. Bound in green leatherette (spine #4) with Bernhard end papers. The book is VERY GOOD. Binding tight, slight shelf wear, bright gilt on cover and spine. Contents are clean with no owners signature or other writing in text. GORGEOUS! The rare dust jacket is GOOD- with chipping at extremities, spine darkened and detached and front flap detached. 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. Titles on back of dust jacket include some from 1927 and none from 1928 making this a 1927 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. HARD TO FIND FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN 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**.…