Midnight on the Desert being an Excursion into Autobiography during a winter in America 1935-36

First Edition. 310 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth; gilt stamped letters on front and spine. Gilt is dulled on front and rubbed off from spine. Publisher's stamped logo on front. Binding tight with moderate forward lean. Corners lightly bumped and scuffed. Spine head and tail soft, slightly frayed. Visible vertical crease on spine. Moderate shelfwear. Light grey, sparkled endpapers. Front pastedown has residual glued paper from something removed. First free endpaper and one-half title page lightly creased. Age toned pages with a few beverage or food stained spots and a newspaper clipping stain on pages 156-157. Aesthetically flawed, but sound, intriguing first edition. 8.75 x 6" w. "Let me begin with what I can remember quite clearly. It was at the end of my stay on the ranch in Arizona, last winter. We were not leaving America yet, but we were leaving this ranch very soon, and I had things to do." / Chapter One.