New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1922. First Edition. First printing Very good in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with black borders on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4" with mild age tanning to the recto and verso of the frontispiece and to the title page and with a crease to the cloth down the middle of the spine. This is one of several binding variants for this title. Without its issued dust jacket. 356 pages of text. This is Roberts' second book which is quite difficult to locate as reportedly only 2,011 copies of the first edition were published. 356 pages of text and illustrated with a few black and white photographs. The title page carries a long subtitle reading: "A true account of the reasons which cause Central Europeans to overrun America which lead Russians to rush to Constantinople and other fascinating and unpleasant places which coax Greek royalty and commoners into strange byways and hedges and which induce Englishmen and Scotchmen to go out at night."

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB24415
Title: Why Europe Leaves Home
Author: Roberts, Kenneth L
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1922

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