THE FOREST OF THE SOUTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories by this important Southern writer. The long first story, 'The Captive' , the story of a young pioneer wife taken captive by Indians after her children are killed, is among her best writing. An inexpensively produced book, manufactured under war time conditions. 'A' and publisher's device on copyright page, original price of 2.50 on dj flap. 245 pp.
Condition: Very good in teal cloth (some fading to the edges of the boards) in a good only dust jacket, with several small chips to the edge, the loss of about 1/2 cm at the ends of the spine, rubbing along the folds of the dj, and sunning to the spine of the dj. Despite the flaws in thedj, this is a reasonable copy of a quite uncommon book.