The Carnival
signed first edition Hardcover
1938 · New York and London
by Prokosch, Frederic
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1938. First Edition, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; 8vo; pp. [4], vi, 53. Number 9 from a limited edition of 55 copies, signed by the author on the limitation page, and including a bound-in leaf from the original manuscript (this copy, "Ode"). Spine sunned (though gilt remains bright); faint dampstain along bottom edge of boards and prelims, with slight wrinkle throughout text block, but nowhere affecting the text itself. Sold as is. (Inventory #: D7961)