first edition
1929 · Chicago
by Borden, John.
Chicago: Privately printed by the Lakeside Press, 1929. First edition. Very Good. 28 cm; unpaginated; frontispiece, printed in red and blank, decorated initials, 11 photogravure reproductions. One of 100 copies, this copy out of series and not signed. Bound in original printed blue and tan cloth. Cloth a bit dusty and frayed along the seams, with a stain on the upper joint. Title label has a chip at the corner. Ownership stamp on front pastedown. Contents clean and bright.
A limited edition fine-press printing of the log of the Northern Light. Borden was a millionaire adventurer who founded Chicago's Yellow Cab company; this handsome, privately printed book records his voyage through the Bering Strait to Siberia. (Inventory #: 5955)
A limited edition fine-press printing of the log of the Northern Light. Borden was a millionaire adventurer who founded Chicago's Yellow Cab company; this handsome, privately printed book records his voyage through the Bering Strait to Siberia. (Inventory #: 5955)