Conversation [Signed]

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940. Very Good/Good +. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940. First Edition Stated. Octavo (21 cm); 256pp. Boards in blue cloth with silver stamping, wrapped in publisher's intact pictorial jacket ($2.50). Green top stain. Jacket faded at top margin and spine with creasing, chips, and tears to all margins, with minor loss to front cover bottom margin and rear joint. Panels gently soiled with minor scratches and water staining. Verso shows water staining and previous tape repair. Top margins of both boards and spine sunned with corners and spine ends bumped. Binding slightly cocked but firm. Top stain faded with minor water staining. Endsheets toned. A Very Good copy in Good or better jacket.

Signed and inscribed by Aiken to "Bill" in 1942. A novel of love lost and regained between a married couple.