In the Beginning

New York: The John Day Company, 1928. First Edition. Octavo (20cm); white spine imitation parchment over patterned paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; 309pp; illus. Lacking dustwrapper. Previous owner's name and inked to front endpaper, with initials inked to rear pastedown. Spine-tanned, with wear and rubbing to spine ends and board edges, tiny tear to margin of title page, and very short marginal comments pencilled to a few pages; Good. Novel explores historical co-existence of gods, goddesses, half-gods, and warriors. [84877]. (Inventory #: 84877)