Rape Of The Fair Country (advance reading copy) by Alexander Cordell - 1959

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1959. Uncorrected Proof / Advance Reading Copy . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, special Advance Bookseller's Edition, issued before the first edition. Exterior boards are illustrated with what the dust jacket with looks like book publication. This book is not have a dust jacket as that is how the advance reading copy was issued. Exterior shows some scuffing and toning and the lower right corner of the front board has a more severe spot which also has some damage to the corner. This is why it is embossed with the Doubleday seal and marked damaged with the stamp also in the lower right corner. There is also a shallow dent on the long outside edge (turn-in). Internal binding is good and text pages are tight. There are no signatures or bookplates, no remainder marks, no handwriting or library markings present. The pastedowns and opposite end pages all show information about the book along with other reviews. Please note: this book was issued prior to the release of the first edition in the illustrations on the front and spine are actually part of the exterior boards.