Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie (Signed First Edition)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Item #014096
8vo., 465pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with date code C-B on copyright page. Bound in mustard colored cloth with titles and decorations outlined in gold on spine. Very clean interior with no foxing or toning. Some soiling to cloth and spine gilt fading. Fairly minor edge-wear. Tearing to the inner edge of the half-title page, not affecting text, that appears to have been repaired by glue. Front hinge cracked but holding. . Very attractive unclipped wrapper, ($2.50), has a couple of tiny tape repairs on the inside spine ends but not visible from the front. A couple of tiny nicks to the crown and top front tip. Still remarkably fresh and bright with no toning, tears or creases. Signed by the author on the title page as well as by Lincoln Colcord who translated from the Norwegian. A sharp collectable copy and quite scarce with the signatures.
Price: $650.00