The Beast Must Die

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 260pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, (American) of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title. Published by Collins in the UK the same year. Bound in original yellow cloth with titles in black on the front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with no interior toning or foxing. Very mild bumping to spine ends but quite well-preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00 on top of front flap), has a few tiny chips and closed tears to the spine ends. Rubbing to folds and edges. Still fresh and bright A sharp collectable copy and quite scarce in such superior condition. (Hubin, p.36).