Field of Honor - First in Dust Jacket
New York / London: The Century Co., 1929. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 435. First printing July 1929 stated. Light brown cloth, titles and rule stamped in black on the cover and between blind stamped panels on the spine: bookplate on front pastedown, binding tight and leaves crisp. In the three color illustrated dust jacket on yellow paper with price $2.00 intact on the back flap with publisher's "First Printing" medallion on the spine: spine darkened and head chips, edges rubbed. Very Good + / Good +. Item #6287
Irishman Byrne's final novel, a love story and an epic battle between Napoleon and Castlereagh. The handsome dust jacket, presenting a lion presiding over a Europe spotted with sickly red dots, is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Price: $60.00