The House of Breath
New York: Random House, (1950). E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket illustration). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-181. Bound in gray cloth with darker gray and white lettering stamped on front board and spine.This copy with variant top edge dyed gray. A bright copy in the illustrated dust jacket that shows edge-wear, rubbing and shallow chips around head and tail of spine. The price of $2.75 is intact on the front flap. Near Fine / Good+. Item #6043 The dust jacket is vintage E. McKnight Kauffer, involving clouds, natch, and contrast typography. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
First printing of Goyen's first novel, which caused a splash with critics, writers and readers. Jacket blurbs by Christopher Isherwood, Stephen Spender and Elizabeth Bowen. One of of A. C. Greene's "Fifty Best Books on Texas."
Price: $50.00