first edition
1924 · Los Angeles
by Lardner, W.B. and M.J. Brock
Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1924. 1,255p., for re-casing. The textblock (including headbands and blanks) is very good, but casing's hinges are broken and its leather backstrip and corners are decayed. Preserved remnants of the spine panel show how titling goes. Endsheets are easily salvageable (but the book's marbling is inferior). Textblock printed on alkaline glazed stock; clearly reproduced period photos are scattered throughout the biographical sections; there are unfortunately only a few site pictures. A reading copy that could usefully be re-bound. (Inventory #: 235029)