Portrait of Jennie

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Very Good -/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition, stated. Octavo (20.6cm); illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; boards in tan cloth with black lettering and decoration; dark blue topstain; [viii],212pp. Jacket edgeworn with a 2.5" and 1" tear along folds on either side of front panel, with a few more-shallow chips and tears along edges; a few dampstains at top corners, with some general smudges and scuffs to surface. Boards lightly edgeworn; spine a bit cocked and a touch faded with nudging at ends. 1940 date blacked out on copyright page, else interior unmarked. Binding is sound.

Nathan's best-known novel, and basis for the 1948 film starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, and Lillian Gish.

[Bleiler Supernatural 1222].