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McPherson, 1998-07-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Gilt on brown spine covering & blue & black patterned cloth covers in a red & tan pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket spine ends & corners torn

The First Printing published by Three Mountains Press and Contact Editions, Paris in 1925. The first issue was published one year before the first American trade edition, and eight years before the first UK trade edition. This copy does not have the London distributor's imprint blocked out. The BOOK is in Very Good condition. Original green printed self-wrappers. A very fragile production with the wrappers being totally inadequate for the heavy coated stock used for the text, and most copies, have to a varying extent, become detached from their wrappers over time. The front wrapper has become detached from the spine but otherwise, this copy remains firmly bound to its spine and rear cover. There is some loss at the spine ends and to the spine folds. The wrapper has cracked in places along the spine but is still very adherent to the text-block. Light age related markings to the wrappers. Internally some very light spotting to a few pages in places with some light toning to the text-block. Free from… Read More

London: Whishart & Co., 1933. Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth. First English Edition. 8vo. Revised English edition, preceded by the Contact edition. Some discolouration to cloth along edges, spine slightly cocked, foxing to outside edges of pages; former owner's signature and date to front pastedown. Dust-jacket browning slightly with spine darkened and some foxing to edge rear flap; 4 cm closed tear to bottom edge of front panel, some paper loss at head and heel of spine and corners; light scratch to rear and overall light dust soil..

Paris: Contact Editions/Three Mountains Press, 1925. Book. VG+. Leather. 1st Edition. Small 8vo. Gilt lettered new black morocco with gilt device on front and back panels. Tope edge gilt. Original wraps not present. Butts first novel, an anti war supernatural feast. Nice copy..

(Paris: Three Mountains Press and Contact Editions, 1925. First edition. Green printed self-wrappers. Modest erosion at the spine ends, a bright, very good or better copy. An attractive copy of this uncommon novel about the English post-war generation.

(Paris: Three Mountains Press and Contact Editions, 1925. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Green printed self-wrappers. Modest erosion at the spine ends, a bright, very good or better copy. An attractive copy of this uncommon novel about the English post-war generation.