THE MOTOR BOAT CLUB OFF LONG ISLAND OR A DARING MARINE GAME AT RACING SPEED

Philadelphia:Henry Altemus Company. (1909). 252+4pp ads. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Book in near very good condition. Front cover decoration still bright but spine strip soiled and worn. Page edges soiled.  Internally, end pages are age-toned with offset from dust jacket flaps, and a previous owners name stamped three times on 1st free flyleaf as well as a series of numbers penciled to 1st free flyleaf.  Otherwise, pages clean. The binding is tight but cocked and the front hinge is starting from the bottom, rear hinge still intact.  The dust jacket is in fair condition, still in one piece but soiled and age toned, with chips and tears to edges and folds, and most of the spine strip mangled.