first edition
1927 · New York and London
by FERGUSSON, Harvey
New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, 1927. First Trade Edition. Octavo (20cm); purple cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in blue and yellow on spine and front cover; yellow topstain; deckled fore- and bottom-edges; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; 206pp; illus. Bookshop sticker to rear pastedown. Light sunning and rubbing to spine ends and board edges, with shelf-soil to covers; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50), spine-tanned, with shelf-soil, chips to spine ends, tape mends to verso of front flap, front panel, and spine (including entirely reattached front flap, and 3.5" diagonal tear to front panel), (truncated)