Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959
First Edition, First printing Fine crisp book in a striking Fine vibrant dust jacket.
Crisp first state book in beige quarter and black paper boards with bright unfaded red title to the spine. The book is in fine condition with clean boards with no edgewear. The book has sharp corners, and a tight and square binding. This notoriously fragile book is always found with age toned pages. The end papers and internal pages have the common age toning, otherwise are clean with no owner names, no book plates and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean with bring crisp and flat with no marks, no writing, no bent pages, no stains, no handling marks and no foxing. Beautiful crisp near fine book appearing as unread. Please see detailed images.
The original unrestored first edition dust jacket presents in stunning fine/near fine condition. The jacket has unusually strong vibrant colors with even the rear panel being bright and with out the usual toning. The jacket has no edgewear, no chips, no rubbing, no stains and no foxing. The jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $2.95 but has a tiny but neat cut out off the top of the front inner flap. Beautiful stunning jacket! Please see detailed images.
A very handsome, near one-of-a-kind fine copy of this scarce title with a vibrant striking, dust jacket. Presents beautifully on the shelf.
