first edition Hardcover
1931 · New York, NY
by Held, John
New York, NY: Ives Washburn, 1931. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 168 pages. Original velvet boards are slightly worn, and there is minor uneven fading to the spine. The unclipped dustjacket has numerous chips, tears, and creases, and is worn; protected in archival Mylar. Almost every page is illustrated with woodcuts by the artist, which are irreverent, bawdy, satirical, witty, and possibly offensive to the politically correct and the faint of heart. Previous owner's gift inscription in pencil on a front endpaper. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.qu.
(Inventory #: 020067)