first edition
1934 · New York
by HERM, Heinrich (pseud Henri Legras); Margaret Goldsmith, transl
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. First American Edition. Small octavo. Blue cloth boards, lettered in silver in spine and front cover; dustjacket; 305pp. Bit of age-fading to cloth; blue top-stain slightly faded; still a tight, VG copy in the exceedingly uncommon Art Deco dustwrapper, lightly worn at extremities and flap-folds, including ca 1/8" loss at crown of spine, just into lettering of title; still Very Good. Engraved bookplate of a John Gammie inside front cover. Psychological thriller set on the high seas. Legras/Herm (1882-1948) was a French-Swiss germanophone writer who specialized in maritime disaster novels. The terrific dustwrapper art is sadly unattributed. (Inventory #: 32362)