The Widening Stain

JOHNSON, W. BOLINGBROKE

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original tan cloth, lettered in dark brown to the spine. 8vo - 242 pp. A solid and pleasing copy. Previous owner signature to the front free endpaper. In a lovely example of the dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. A well regarded bibliomystery set almost entirely within the Cornell University Library. The limericks very well executed and quite funny. Pseudonym of Morris Gilbert Bishop.

Price: $500.00

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