first edition
1940 · New York
by APPEL, Benjamin
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brick red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 502pp. Some offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, and states "Second Printing" along the lower edge of the front flap; rubbed at the extremities, with several short tears and some chipping along the upper edge (not affecting lettering or artwork); Very Good. Reprint of Appel's fourth book, a non-fiction chronicle of the American scene a the end of the Great Depression. (Inventory #: 18113)