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1946 · TB29534 — New York: National Travel Club 1946. First Edition. Second Printing Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt borders on the spine and the gilt logo of the National Travel Club on the front board with blind embossed borders. A small octavo of 7 15/16 by 5 1/4 inches with minor light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine and a date of "July 2 1946" written in ink at the upper corner of the fly title page. In a very good- unclipped but not priced dust jacket with two 1/2" deep chips at the upper corners of the spine area small chips at the fore corners of the panels at the folds and soiling to the rear unprinted panel. Signed by the author Frank Waters on the fly title without an inscription or date. This is an interesting variant in The Rivers of America Series. It is actually a second printing of the title but it is its first appearance as it was released in July of 1946 three months before the Rinehart publication. Rinehart's plates were used to create this printing which is why it carries the Rinehart circled R on the copyright page. Fitzgerald C11 400 pages including an index glossary reference appendix and text. The illustrations are by Nicolai Fechin. National Travel Club hardcover