xxxii, 232 pp. Illustrated with 2 portraits of the author with tissue-guards; facsimiles of the title pages of the first edition and part of a holograph report (double-page) by Simpson; folding facsimile map. (8vo) tan cloth-backed blue boards, paper spine label, plain blue dust jacket with paper spine label. No. 55 of 250 copies. Signed by printer Thomas C. Russell at the limitation, with presentation inscription by him to Milton Ferguson, chief librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. Lengthy A.L.S. with original envelope from Russell to Ferguson laid in, discussing the publication of this book and others, and private printing in general. Prospectus laid in as well.
xxxii, 232 pp. Illustrated with 2 portraits of the author with tissue-guards; facsimiles of the title pages of the first edition and part of a holograph report (double-page) by Simpson; folding facsimile map. (8vo) tan cloth-backed blue boards, paper spine label, plain blue dust jacket with paper spine label. No. 55 of 250 copies. Signed by printer Thomas C. Russell at the limitation, with presentation inscription by him to Milton Ferguson, chief librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. Lengthy A.L.S. with original envelope from Russell to Ferguson laid in, discussing the publication of this book and others, and private printing in general. Prospectus laid in as well.
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