first edition Hardcover
1877 · Chicago, IL
by Crane, J.L.
Chicago, IL: Jansen, McClurg & Co., 1877. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 502 pages of text. Original hardcover cloth binding with bright gilt decoration on front cover; spine slightly to moderately faded with minor fraying to extremities, and slight evidence of label removal to bottom of spine. Protected in archival mylar. Institutional bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, five numerals stamped on bottom of the title page, stamps to top and bottom of closed page edges, and evidence of pocket removal on rear paste-down endpaper. Including the frontis, contains 25 black & white illustrations, engraved by Frank Beard. Americana..
(Inventory #: 008231)