Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan; Wyeth, N.C.. THE YEARLING. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1940.

Price: US$2850.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Signed Scribner Classic edition of Wyeth's iillustrated version of the Pulitzer prize-winning classic. A wonderful gift edition of the best-selling American novel of 1938, with lush illustrations by Wyeth. While a limited edition of 750 copies signed by Wyeth was issued in 1939, ironically this trade version is significantly more scarce signed. A gorgeous copy. 9'' x 6.5''. Original black cloth, pictorial paste-on. Red topstain, color pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Wyeth with 12 color plates and pictorial title page. x, 400 pages. 1940 gift inscription on second fly leaf. Signed by Wyeth, dated 1940, on half title. Touch of rubbing to gilt lettering on spine, else beautiful: strong hinges, no bumps to binding, clean interior.

Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.