THE FOURTH BOOK OF JORKENS LORD DUNSANY 1ST HC ARKHAM

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House. 1948. FIRST EDITION (Limited). 8vo. 191 pp.

NEAR FINE hardcover in a VERY GOOD, UNCLIPPED dustjacket.

Book:

• Black cloth boards with bright gilt spine stamping.
• Boards are straight and clean.
• Corners are sharp.
• Spine is square, binding is tight.
• Textblock edges are lightly flecked. Some offsetting to the endpapers.
• No names, inscriptions or bookplates. Not ex-library.
• Internally tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

Dustjacket:

• The jacket is slightly age-toned with some sunning to the spine.
• The extremities show some wear.
• There is a 1" closed tear at the front corner of the spine head, previously repaired with tape on the reverse.
• The spine head has a 1/4" chip loss as does the top rear fore-corner (with an associated 1/4" closed tear).
• The original price of $3.00 is extant at the top of the front flap.
• The jacket is now protected in archival mylar.

This book is one of 3,118 copies printed. Collects thirty- three Jorkens tales. "Sometimes grim, sometimes comic, sometimes macabre, often whimsical & utterly strange, always incredible, the travel tales of Mr. Jorkens have a quality of enduring charm which has endeared them to thousands of readers." This is the 4th book following on: Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens, Jorkens Remembers Africa, & Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey.

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