first edition
1955 · New York
by O'BRIAN, Patrick (pseud. of Richard Patrick Russ)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); brown paper-covered boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in silver and orange on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,244,[4]pp. Light wear to spine ends, gentle sunning to upper board edges, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), lightly edgeworn and dust-soiled, sunned (particularly at spine and upper front panel), with a short tear and attendant creasing at crown, and three tiny stains at upper rear panel; Very Good+. O'Brian's third collection of short stories. (Inventory #: 51826)