The Brook Kerith
first edition Hardcover
1929 · London
by Moore, George; Gooden, Stephen (illustrator)
London: William Heinemann, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo; publisher's full vellum; slightly bowed boards and darkened along spine, but still much better than most copies. With twelve engravings by Stephen Gooden. Limited edition #369 of 375, signed by both Moore and Gooden. Although nothing in the book explicitly indicates as much, this copy from the library of Nelson Doubleday. Doubleday purchased a controlling stake in the English publishing house, Heinemann, in 1921. (Inventory #: JC15215)