A GREEN BOUGH
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover (issued without a dust jacket). Original beige linen stamped in black, with two paper labels by Lynd Ward; large 8vo. Limited edition, number 259 of 360 total copies, signed by William Faulkner. In addition to the cover engravings, Ward contributes a pasted on frontispiece and an vignette at the colophon, all in green. A volume of verse, his second and last, published some 17 years before he was awarded the Nobel Prize. A near fine copy, most pages unopened, - two roughly, with light toning along the spine area as usual. Not issued in a dust jacket; this copy with a mylar protective cover. Near fine. Item #15883
Price: $1,250.00