first edition
1926 · New York
by Thorne Smith
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1926. Very Good. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1926. First Edition. Octavo (20 cm); 292pp. No dust jacket. Boards full bound in maroon cloth with gilt stamping. Deckled fore-edge. Board corners and spine ends bumped, rubbed, and worn, most significantly to spine head and top inner corner of front cover. Generally scuffed and soiled with shelfwear. Page edges toned and lightly scratched. Endsheets toned with pencil to first paste down ("French") and erased note to first free endsheet. Few pages lightly foxed throughout. A Very Good copy of Thorne Smith's first novel.
Smith's humorous (truncated)
Smith's humorous (truncated)