River-Boy: The Story of Mark Twain.
Julian Messner, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, very good + red cloth hardcover shows some shelf wear including some rubbing at edges and corners, Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens written by a previous owner at front end paper, hint of soil at page edges, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows Samuel Clemens written under Story of Mark Twain at front panel, and edge wear that includes closed tears, tiny open chips at corners and inch wide by half inch deep open chip at top of rear panel next to spine. 247 pages with illustrations by W. C. Nims and end paper maps. Still a pleasing copy of this biography of the legendary American author intended for the juvenile reader that comes in the hard to find dust jacket. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Item #21973
Price: $50.00