[SOCIAL FICTION] CALDWELL, Erskine

Poor Fool

New York: Rariora Press, 1930. First, Limited Edition. Octavo (24cm). Blue buckram boards, titled in gilt on spine; 188pp; illus. One of 1000 numbered copies in the limited First Edition. Gentle fade to spine, else fresh and tight; Near Fine. In later board slipcase.

A boxing novel, following the career of Blondy, a washed-up pug, from brink to precipice to invevitable demise. This limited printing comprised the entire edition of Caldwell's second book; there was no trade edition. Curiously omitted from Hanna.

Price: $200.00

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