Accession number
PML 178623
Creator
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964, author.
Published
Chicago : Covici-McGee, 1922.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
"Limited edition for private circulation only, consisting of two thousand and twenty-five numbered copies. Published September 1922"--Page [4].
Library's copy is no. 6.
Library's copy is no. 6.
Description
174 pages, 10 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription and signature in ink on flyleaf: "To Judge Lucius Malmin the grand Puncah of the Virgin Islands so called as a result of Hiznor's fastidious optimism Ben Hecht". Illustrator's inscription and signature in ink on flyleaf: "With my heartfelt thanks to Malmin Jahile for his sucessful efforts in having the strange islands, as well as the daring passage between them, named for me. Wallace Smith September".
Provenance
Lucius J.M. Malmin; Carter Burden.
Binding
Publisher's black printed boards.
Classification
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Department