All the King's Men (Modern Library #170.2) by WARREN, Robert Penn - [c.1959]

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1959]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel featuring his Governor Willie Stark character, a charismatic Southern politician. Stark is an obvious representation of Louisiana's former Governor Huey Long (though the author later denied this connection). The principal character is the governor's aide, the sardonic Jack Burden. With an introduction by the author. This work was named to the Modern Library list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. --- In Toledano spine 8 / navy cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 385 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1959 (though 1953 date appears in book). ML #170.2. --- A well-preserved copy: unmarked, though binding is slightly loose. Exposure to sun has turned red lettering on price-clipped dust jacket yellow, and with very slight chafing to edges, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; vi, 464 pages .