GEMS AND LIFE
first edition
1927 · New York
by Oyved, Moysheh
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1927. Octavo, original decorated boards (gold and black on red) with black cloth shelf back, spine panel stamped in red. First U.S. edition. Short stories of life in London by a Polish Jew who emigrated there and became a merchant. Enjoyable and earthy stories. Day, The Supplemental Checklist of Fantastic Literature (1963), p. 84. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). A fine copy in a fair worn and dusty dust jacket. (#117061) (Inventory #: 117061)