Description

• First Thus [Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, New York, 1934]; ix, 249pp; blue cloth with illustrated paper wrap across centre, navy blockstain on top, rough cut foreedge, corners a little bumped, small chip in paper wrap, an excellent copy; in the very good illustrated dustjacket, rubbed & chipped at edges with some loss at corners & spine ends, 4cm tear across spine; an excellent copy overall
• With 15 full-page monochrome wood engravings [& numerous others in-text] by Lynd Ward
• Ward’s illustrations provide possibly the finest visual rendering of this great gothic tale
• A scarce & highly desirable book