Author: Paul Gallico
Title: Adventures of Hiram Holliday
Description: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A striking and very scarce first U.S. edition of this popular adventure novel by Paul Gallico, here is the nicely illustrated dust wrapper. The very scarce first U.S. edition first printing of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Paul Gallico's exciting adventure novel, a comical action-packed novel in which an American knight-errant visits Europe just before the Second World War, and holds a single-handed struggle against the Nazis, even saving an Austrian Princess from the Nazis.Gallico was a popular American novelist of the twentieth century, best known for 'The Snow Goose' and 'The Poseidon Adventure&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. A little discolouration and very light marks to the boards and spine. Dust wrapper is lightly edge worn, with some small chips to the extremities, mostly to the head and tail of the spine. Spine is sunned. A little rubbing to the joints and some light marks to the wraps. Some spots to the reverse of the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

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