Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit

$75 · Offered by Book Collector Inc

Author: Smith, James Thorne (1892-1934) Year: 1918 Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company Place: New York Description: viii+87 pages with frontispiece and illustrations by Richard Dorgan. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial pasteboard in original pictorial jacket. With an unjacketed reading copy. First edition. Originally published in 1918, 'Biltmore Oswald' is a work by the American writer of supernatural fantasy fiction, Thorne Smith. This book contains a series of comic stories that were written for Naval Reservist journal 'The Broadside' while Smith was serving in the Navy. Condition: Some discoloration at spine head, spine heal and heal edges bruised, corners gently bumped, previous owner's name on front end paper. Jacket corners and edges chipped, Loss of 1" x 1/4" at front spine affecting the "B" in Biltmore, 1/2" x 1/2" triangle loss at back head edge else a very good copy in about very good jacket.

• Binding: Hardcover

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