Author: MAULE, HARRY E. (EDITOR)
Title: Great Tales of the American West (Modern Library #238. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1946]. Hardcover. A collection of 18 exciting stories from the Old West by noted authors such as Bret Harte, Mark Twain and Zane Grey in this Modern Library edition. Edited, and with an introduction by Harry E. Maule. Jacket features Frederic Remington illustration of potential campsite gunplay in the Old West. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists titles in ML catalog but total number is missing. Likely published c.1946 (though 1945 date appears in book). ML #238.1. --- An unmarked, tightly-bound copy but with general age-toning to leaves. Fair-only, price-clipped dust jacket with plenty of chips and tears, but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xviii, 361 pages. Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

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