Cold Comfort Farm [1st US Ed]

$225

By Stella Gibbon

First American appearance of this UK classic satire of rural life

In stock

Description

  • First American Edition [The Dial Press, New York, 1964]; 256 pages; oatmeal boards, blue illustration on front board, titling to spine, slight offsetting on endpapers, light dusting of foxing top block, a near-fine copy; in the excellent illustrated dustjacket, unclipped [$4.50], bumped at base with 3mm tear & a little crumpling, vertical line down spine; with promotional wraparound band, small chip at front fold, spine marked
  • This First American Printing illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist & social satirist Charles Saxon
  • Humorous bestseller in the UK from its first publication [1932]
  • Quite an uncommon edition, especially in such nice condition