first edition Hardcover
1934 · New York
by Vercel, Roger
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Translated from the French by Alvah C. Bessie and illustrated by Rockwell Kent. "This is the first novel for the America-France award which, in this country, corresponds to the Prix Femina-Vie Heureuse, annually awarded in Paris. It is the story of Brittany fisherman off the coast of Greenland." Octavo. Original cloth binding, with black and red stamping. Internally crisp and clean. The dust jacket is a bit browned, more so along the spine and folds, with some minor staining to the rear panel, shallow chipping to the corners and tips, and a few tape reinforcements to the verso; else very good.
(Inventory #: 66743)