first edition Hardcover
1935 · New York
by Peattie, Donald Culross; Ward, Lynd [Illustrator]
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Lynd Ward. 396 pp. Octavo [21 cm]; Light grey cloth over boards, with printed title on front cover and spine. Corners are gently bumped. Cloth exhibits toning, most noticeably to spine and top and bottom edges of boards. Page edges are gently rubbed. In two illustrated, price-clipped dust jackets (nested), one very good, lightly sunned. There is a small (1.5 cm) tear to the top of its front spine joint, along with several small losses to edges. The second dust jacket is in good condition, with a much darker spine and a few more creases and splits along edges. Includes (truncated)