WATSON, Francis

Trinc! [WITH scarce dust jacket; bookplate of Paul Jordan-Smith]

London: Lovat Dickson Limited, 1932. Candem. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 287. Pale green cloth, titles and publisher's device stamped in gilt on the spine: slight dent to rear board fore-edge; bookplate of Paul Jordan-Smith. In the two-color illustrated dust jacket: spine darkened and head chipped; three-inch closed tear to rear panel; edge-wear. Please see photos. Very Good / Good. Item #6432

A most curious novel, where a couple "trincs" (phoenetically, "drinks," or cocktails) are the catalyst for a tumble into Rabelaisian fantasy. Watson published Wonder Malady the following year.

Jordan-Smith was a Los Angeles Universalist minister, lecturer, book critic and authority on Robert Burton (Anatomy of Melancholy,) who achieved fame with his modern-art hoax Disumbrationism. Wilbur Jordan Smith, his son, ran UCLA Special Collections from 1950s-1970 or so. Scarce in the dust jacket, now preserved in a clear removable archival sleeve.

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Price: $150.00