Captain Jack: Being the Reminiscences of a Sea-Going Bookseller

by John Friend

$100 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, first printing; limited to 300 copies. 32 pp. 4 cm. x 5 cm. A fine copy in brown calf covers with gilt ruling on front cover and gilt lettering on red on spine. Printed by Wm. M. Cheney, bound by Bela Blau. Item #339320 Captain Jack worked for a number of the well-known book dealers in Los Angeles, including Dawsons and Jake Zeitlin, and had bookselling experiences in New York and Germany.

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