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BESTON, Henry : THE ST. LAWRENCE

BESTON, Henry. THE ST. LAWRENCE. Illustrated by A. Y. Jackson. New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on half-title, with his signature below the inscription tipped in on a folded piece of paper. xi + [3] + 274 pp. 8vo., blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and cover stamped in blind. Spine sunned, lightly foxed. Owner's personal bookplate on front pastedown; some light foxing to endpapers. Title and facing page have pale green illustration under text; b/w illustrations in the rest of the text. History and lore of the St. Lawrence River.

Beston, Henry : The St. Lawrence

New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942.

Twentieth volume in the Rivers of America series. Hardcover. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering and cover stamped in blind. In pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches. 274 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated by A.Y. Jackson. Fourth printing. Inscribed by author on halftitle page. Beston is the well-known author of The Outermost House, about a winter spent alone in a small house on Cape Cod. Series edited by poet and short story writer Stephen Vincent Benét and folklorist Carl Carmer. Dust jacket is chipped at top of spine. Otherwise Near Fine in Very Good plus dj. Protected by mylar sleeve.

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