Dilnot, George - The Black Ace

A US first edition.

WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is solid and complete. It is unclipped. The front panel is unfaded. It is lightly soiled, rubbed at the edges and shows a chip at the upper leading edge corner. The spine is sound. It is scuffed and lightly chipped at the ends. The back panel is sound. Like the front panel, it is bruised and scuffed at the edges. There is a chip out of the top edge and an internally repaired tear of 10cm running down from the upper spine corner. Looks solid.

BOOK : The book is square and tight. The orange boards are clean and bright. The spine ends are bruised. The pages are clean. No foxing. The opening few pages are creased at the upper leading edge corner. The closed page edges are gently toned. The hinges are solid. The binding is tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. A nice copy in a protected wrapper.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin , 1929

Condition: Very Good ++. Wrapper: Very Good