KEN WARD IN THE JUNGLE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

KEN WARD IN THE JUNGLE

Entry/Object ID

96.60.1.3

Description

Book: "Ken Ward in the Jungle" by Zane Grey (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, no date [ca. 1920s]), 309 pp. An adventure story for children set in the jungles of southwestern Mexico. The cover has text in red ink superimposed over an image of a hunter confronted by a jaguar. There is no dustjacket. There is also a forestlike image on the spine. The book is in fair condition with brittleness of the spine, with indications of separation from the book pages, chips throughout the cover and creases on the spine. There is some heavy discoloration on the first few pages of the book. Purchased from Ava Kelley. On the inside front cover top right in pencil is "60" and what appears to be an upside-down "12". Stamped in ink at the bottom right of the inside front cover is "BERTRAND SMITH/ACRES OF BOOKS/240 LONG BEACH BLVD./LONG BEACH, CALIF." Inscribed in black ink on the front page is "William Mayo Jr./Xmas 1929"

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Documentary Artifact, Books, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, Literature, American

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Object Name

Books