SKIN AND BONES.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-306 [307-308: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], illustrations by Herbert Roese, original pictorial black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge stained red, other edges rough trimmed. First edition. Inscribed and signed presentation copy, with drawings, by Smith to his "favorite editor" Malcolm Johnson on the half title page. An X-ray accident causes protagonist to appear unpredictably as a skeleton. A nice association copy. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-326. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1500. Bleiler (1978), p. 182. Reginald 13390]. From the library of a well-known mystery writer with his library stamp on the front paste-down, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with slight wear to corner tips and spine ends with mild fade to the title lettering of the spine panel and moderate soiling to the rear panel. (33869). Item #33869
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