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Goethals and the Panama Canal [Signed Bookplate Laid In]
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1942. Very Good / Good. Item #12405
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1942. First Edition. Bookplate signed by author laid in. Octavo; 230 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout by Rafaello Busoni. Pictorial dust jacket with $2.50 price; book bound in orange cloth-covered boards with illustration and text stamped in green. Gift inscription on title page from previous owner: "Robert Kahle / from / Jean Ann Kaufmann / Christmas 1942." Dust jacket torn along front flap fold 5" up from bottom and 1" down from top, with an inch-square chip at head of spine and a few shallower chips and tears along edges. Corners of boards rubbed. Binding sound with slight lean to boards. Pages clean and unmarked.
Price: $50.00