The Chesapeake Bay Country
Baltimore, Md: Thomsen-Ellis Co., 1923. 1st Edition. Quarto. Very Good / Fair. Item #19261
A handsome 1923 1st Edition of this Chesapeake Bay region classic, in the uncommon original dust jacket and signed by author Swepson Earle.
Black cloth with titling and decor stamped in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. 512pp. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates. Fold-out full-color map of the Chesapeake Bay and region. Sympathetically re-backed in black cloth with the original spine laid down. Sporadic foxing. Dust jacket intact, but with large chips, light soiling and rubbing, with other lesser edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar.
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