The Track of the Cat a Novel
New York: Random House, 1949. E. McKnight Kauffer. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 404. Blue-green cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, track motif in black on the spine and in blind on the cover. Title page printed in black and blue. Cover top and bottom edge color faded, leaves top edge dust-soiled and stained. In the Kauffer illustrated dust jacket, $3.50 flap price intact. Jacket edges rubbed and chipped, closed tears on back, light foxing. Very Good / Very Good. Item #5828
A black panther in a Sierra Nevada valley is the embodiment of evil in the third and final novel from the author of The Ox-Bow Incident. Adapted to the screen with Robert Mitchum starring. The E. McKnight Kauffer dust jacket is representative of his later style, with a curious photo-portrait of the author floating on the rear panel. This title seems to have escaped Mark Haworth-Booth in his monograph E. McKnight Kauffer: A Designer and His Public. Dust jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
Price: $45.00