Description

Hardcover, Collector’s Lifetime edition bound in genuine burgundy leather lettered and decorated in gold. All edges gilt. 429 pages. Contains Glossary, References, Range Maps and Index. Bound-in silk ribbon marker, smyth sewn binding and archival quality paper mark this as quality Eastern Press book. Text and numerous maps by William Henry Burt. Illustrated with numerous color and black and white drawings by Isabelle Hunt Conant. Fiftieth Anniversary edition, first printing thus (from the second edition published by Houghton Mifflin Company). Special blank, unused Easton Press book-plate, especially produced for this edition, tipped in loose. No previous ownership marks. Corners sharp, gilt bright and undamaged and covers tight and sound. A clean, fresh, unread and like new copy. Fine.