Count Luckner, The Sea Devil by Lowell Thomas
1932. Twenty-fourth Printing. 309 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Star edition. Black and white photographic plates. Rough-cut pages. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached; much lighter to hinges. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has noticeable sunning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is noticeably darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.