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Doubleday Doran: NY, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Without dust jacket. Sold as a nice reading copy only of this scarce edition. Octavo, 7 3/4” tall, 310 pages, black titles on red cloth. A very good minus over all, internally clean, hard cover with moderate shelf wear, but cloth color significantly faded at the fore-edge margin of both covers front and back from foxing, slight foxing to the fore-edge, corners rubbed, binding solid, paper lightly yellowed, but with a small neat penned signature from a previous owner. Without dust jacket.

Bobbs-Merrill: Indianapolis, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket. Really, just a reading copy of this scarce original second title in the Asey Mayo Cape Cod series. 12mo, 7 3/4" tall, 304 pages, illustrated endpapers, gilt tiles on green cloth. A good, generally clean, original hardcover first edition with moderate shelf wear, rubbed at all corners, spine cloth color darkened and rubbed, moderate exterior soiling, with a slight cant to the spine; interior very good minus, binding solid, paper moderately yellowed. Lacking dust jacket.

Dutton, 2004-06-03. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 307 pages, black boards with silver title on spine. A fine, clean hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, gently read; binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.

Riverhead Hardcover, 2009-03-24. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by the author on front free end paper. Octavo, 9 1/4” tall, 306 pages, black decorative boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white, BUT light foxing to the fore-edge and two flyleaves. In a near fine, clean, slightly worn dust jacket, with the original price present.

St Martins Press: NY, 1986-02-01. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. With signed bookplate attached to half-title page; with b&w photographs. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 335 pages, black boards. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean, slightly worn dust jacket, with original price.

Dennis McMillan Publications: Belen, New Mexico, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited limited to 350 copies. Signed by the author and artist (father and son) on the limitation pageOctavo, 7 3/4” tall, 166 pages, blue titles on purple cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket.

W. W. Norton & Co, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/without dust jacket. Inscribed by Taylor on the front endpaper to the original owner "Dear K., Herewith #4241683, with love, PAT". Also signed fully on the title page. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, 288 pages, dark brown decorative title bands on brown cloth. A very good minus, original hard cover first edition (stated) with moderate rubbing to the cover edges and a small fray at the top edge of the spine cloth; interior very good, generally clean, paper moderately yellowed. Lacking dust jacket.

Doubleday & Company: Garden City NY, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good minus/Very Good. This is an ex-library copy with markings to the endpapers front and back as well as the top fore-edge. It sold as a scarce original first edition. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 254 pages, black spine titles on brown and black cloth. A very good minus, otherwise generally clean, sturdy hard cover first edition (stated) with minor shelf wear and slight yellowing to text paper, binding solid. In a very good, moderately worn dust jacket, with some tape markes on the interior blank side caused by a previous protective cover, and with the original price present.

W.W. Norton: NY, 1968. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 189 pages, blue cloth. A very good, generally clean, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, slight color loss to cloth at the top and bottom of spine edges and fore-corner tips, binding solid, paper a dark cream white, light foxing to rear endpaper. In a very good minus, edge worn dust jacket with light foxing visible on the blank reverse, and with the price present.