Language: English
Published by Secker and Warburg, 1938
Seller: The Next Chapter LI, Huntington, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First Edition; Signed and Noted by Author|Very Good; Poor|"This volume was still-born - |I like to think because its|birth took place during the |Munich crisis'. At any rate|the title was well chosen."|- James Stern| New York '54.|1938. London: Secker and Warburg. 7.5 x 5 inches. vii, 312 pages. Such an interesting copy of a classic short story collection. Noted by author on the front free endpaper. Original dust jacket, with a second hand-painted jacket of unknown origin. Boards frayed a bit on edges from shelving, split in cloth on bottom edge of spine, significant toning on pastedowns and endpapers, slight tone to overall text, creasing from page vii-2. Dust jacket in rough shape, chipping along top edge of spine, jacket separated at flap hinge and spine. First Edition; Signed and Noted by Author. Signed by Author(s).