THE COMMON READER: FIRST SERIES

London: The Hogarth Pess, 1951. Uniform Edition, Eighth Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, 305 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine tannish-yellow with blue lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "8s 6d net" Minor shelf wear. Sunning and chipping to covers, with closed tear to top edge of rear cover. Bumping to spine. Toning to interior pages with light penciling throughout. Shelved in Essay/Memoir. This copy belonged to John D. Hawke Jr., who served as the United States Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance from 1995 to 1998, and the United States Comptroller of the Currency from 1998 to 2004. 1406127. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.