first edition
1927 · New York
by WILEY, Hugh
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First Edition. Octavo (19.25cm.); original cloth-backed decorative boards in grey pictorial dust jacket, red topstain; [8],306pp. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed with a few tiny chips and losses, none affecting text, some spotting and dust-soiling, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Fifth novel to feature the adventures of Wildcat, a black migrant, this time in San Francisco and the Bay area. Preceded by The Wildcat (1920), Lady Luck (1921), Lily (1922), and The Prowler (1924). BAIRD 2616; HANNA 3797. (Inventory #: 22483)