Author: HUDSON, W. H. (AUTHOR); KAUFFER, E. MCKNIGHT (ILLUSTRATIONS)
Title: Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest (Modern Library #89. 2)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1950]. Hardcover. Author's romantic novel, first published in 1904, is set in the remote jungles of southeast Venezuela. With illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer and an introduction by John Galsworthy. In green-toned jacket with striking Kauffer illustration on cover. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / faded green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i / verso advertises 374 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1955 (though 1944 date appears in book). ML #89.2. --- An excellent copy: clean, unmarked and tightly-bound though with a little discoloration to cloth. Price-clipped dust jacket also in great shape though with slight sunning to spine, and moderate chafing to edges; protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; x, 254, (6, ads) pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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