Description

First edition, first issue of the authors second book. Small seal after last page of text measures 1/2″ in diameter. Bound in the original red cloth, with gilt stamping on front board and spine. Illustrated with six plates by C.D. Williams. Cloth shows staining along outside joint of front board. Old marginal dampstain at bottom of first several leaves and again at gutter of rear inner hinge. Still a tight, sound copy of this Merle Johnson High Spot and looks better than description sounds. Two old clippings from Swann Auction Gallery catalogs, dated 1973 and 1975, [with price realized penciled in] tipped in at front endpaper. Blanck p. 489