The Short Reign of Pippin IV. A Fabrication

New York: Viking Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Octavo. 188pp. Original half yellow cloth over orange-brown cloth with decorative patterns and orange-brown lettering on spine; in protected original illustrated dustjacket with white, black brown and gray lettering on spine. Top edge red. Not price-clipped stating $3.00 on front flap.

"The unpredictable Mr. Steinbeck has been having himself a ball with some of his contemporaries. This frothy extravaganza about French politics - and various other matters - is so full of fun and good-natured satire that it almost bubbles over." (Publisher).

Dustjacket with some light wear along edges, some light chipping along top and bottom edges with 1 x 1/4" chip at bottom front cover near foredge; and some light staining in upper foredge corner and light along right half of top back cover. Very light water-staining on front and back cover and at foredge of back flap. Some water staining at top edge. Binding lightly rubbed with small water stains at back and front top edge. Light foxing of endpapers with light water-staining at back endpaper. Block in very good condition.