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Book Condition: Used Near Fine
Jacket condition: Near Fine
Seller: the booksniffer

United Kingdom
About Item: Modern Library New York, 1946 This notable Modern Library Giant edition includes the summing up by Judge Woolsey allowing the controversial novel to be published in the USA. The text block is stained at the top, as required for this edition, and it has a few signs of being read. The binding is firm, and has obviously been well protected by the jacket, which is well preserved and itself protected by a mylar sleeve. There is a former owner signature on the front endpaper, which is a minor irritation, so if that kind of thing bothers you don't buy this copy. With one's best forensic hat on it is obvious that in some early passages some annotations have been made in pencil. It is equally obvious that another somebody has erased these offending marks. I look on these pale ghosts as marks of experience rather than serious abuse. This is not an ex library copy, but it is an OLD copy. 1946 is a long time ago now, and Near Fine takes into consideration the age of the book. So much of this wonderful… Read More
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