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Title: Galatea
Description: NY, Alfred A. Knopf. 1953, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Jacket Design by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. Hardcover, Author's ink signature on ffep; This copy was once owned by celebrated novelist Raymond Chandler, whose name and address on Camino De La Costa, in La Jolla, California, is ink-stamped on the ffep, above Cain's signature; Below the author's signature is the simple ink inscription: "From B. Knopf", which may be Blanche Knopf, co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf Publishing; Textblock is very clean and tight; Binding gently bumped at spine tips; Unclipped dust jacket, chipped at spine tips and and board corners; Several jacket closed edge tears have been invisibly mended along the underside, utilizing Japanese archival mending tissue and ph neutral pva adhesive; 242p. Very Good+/Good (in mylar). Signed by Author.

Keywords: Fiction, Southern Maryland Fiction, Holly Valenty, Raymond Chandler Jacket Design by Arthur Hawkins, Jr.

Price: US$ 1750.00 Seller: Clausen Books
- Book number: SB12410

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