first edition Hardcover
1993 · Layton
by Hagerty, Donald J.
Layton: Peregrine Smith, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 272 pp. Square Quarto [31.5 cm]; Blue paper over boards with gilt title on front cover and spine. Previous owner's inscription in pen on front free endsheet. Corners and edges are gently rubbed, with more evident shelfwear to bottom edge. Spine is very slightly cocked and some pages exhibit scuffing to top and bottom edges. In a very good illustrated dust jacket, with light rubbing and a miniscule loss to the top spine end. From rear flap: "Through long and sympathetic observation, [Dixon] learned how plains rise and fall as they flow toward the horizon and how the architecture (truncated)