ZWEIG, Arnold; [Eric SUTTON, Trans.] ~ De Vriendt Goes Home.
FIRST UK PRINTING. William Heinemann Ltd, London: 1934.
Crown 8vo., publisher's brick red cloth ruled in blind to both boards and lettered in gilt to backstrip; housed in the original pictorial dustwrapper priced 3'6 net to spine and bearing the initials of SA [?] to the lower corner of the front panel; featuring a figure facing a wall; THE BOOK very good ++, a little bumping to spine tips and corners; with light scattered foxing to the outer edges of the text block and the prelims; early bookseller sticker to front paste down and light offsetting to end leaves; THE WRAPPER similarly very good ++, the front panel in particular vibrant and bright; with some small brown spots to lower panel; creased and a little darkened along folds, and some nicks, chips, and short closed tears to edges, most so to the head of spine; a couple of longer closed tears (the longest 3cm in length) extending into the rear panel; repaired internally with tape. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. FIRST UK PRINTING, in the second issue dustwrapper, repriced 3s. 6d. net (with the cancelled price above) to the lower panel. Scarce in the dustwrapper.
BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good ++
JACKET: Very Good ++
£650
