first edition
1948 · Garden City, New York
by Manfred, Frederick
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1948. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 270; near fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket with old tape repair on verso. Dedication copy inscribed to Paul Hillestad on front free endpaper, "Dear Paul, Accept this little gift, with its dedication, as another interest payment on the great debt I owe you, Feike Feikema, 3-10-48, ps. Pardon the "cast's penmanship". (referring to his shaky lettering, Manfred must have been in a cast at the time). Hillestad was Manfred's editor at Webb. Mulder and Timmerman A4.
(Inventory #: 48530)