first edition
1934 · Caldwell, ID
by [BUSINESS FICTION] SNELL III, George Dixon
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 449pp. Dustiness to spine cloth, beginning oxidation to gilt, else Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), spine-sunned and edgeworn, with a few short tears and some dustiness to panels; Very Good. The author's first novel, "an uncensored presentation of the slow disintegration of the influential banker in a small Idaho town" (COAN, p.48). HANNA 2386. (Inventory #: 31249)