first edition
1923 · New York
by WILLSIE, Honoré
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1923. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 357pp. Bookshop sticker to front pastedown, with light offsetting to front endpaper. Light shelfwear and rubbing, with faint tanning to spine ends; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped (priced $2.00 net) with modest shelfwear, tanning, chips to upper spine panel and lower rear panel, and tiny chips and tears along spine ends, corners, and extremities; Very Good. Set in the West, the novel focuses on a man who is all-consumed with his work in fossil fields. [83762]. (Inventory #: 83762)