first edition
1927 · New York
by Michael Arlen
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Very Good +/Good +. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First American Edition. Octavo (20 cm); 317pp. Boards in black cloth with gilt stamping and decoration, wrapped in publisher's intact jacket ("two dollars and fifty cents") designed by illustrator Edmund Dulac. Fore-edge deckled. Jacket generally scuffed, rubbed, and bumped with creases and closed tears to margins and minor loss to top margin of front cover. Line and dotted abrasions at spine. Board corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed with minor wear to bottom. Remnants of bookseller sticker to rear pastedown and brief pencil at endsheets, otherwise (truncated)
