Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Size: 8vo; [xvi], 417, [1] pages
Publisher: Franklin Library, 1977, Franklin Center, PA
Illustrator: Illustrated by Uldis Klavins

[Book #29311]

A special Limited First Edition/First Printing preceding the trade edition. Unread, about Fine condition, with some minor scrapes, SIGNED by author Louis Auchincloss;

Auchincloss' tale of Justin Martyr Academy and its founder, Francis Prescott, is his portrait of American society and its institutions. The Rector of Justin focuses on the type of boys’ boarding school he attended himself.

This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best; Signed by Author