The Golden Spike

by Hal Ellson

$50 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

New York: Ballantine Books, 1952. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo 19cm ; tan cloth spine over black paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; vi ,243, 7 pp. Spine ends lightly nudged, with toned text, finger-soil to front endpaper, diagonal crease beginning at front endpaper and ending at p.2, offsetting from publisher's glue to rear gutter;

• Printing: first

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