[RADICAL & PROLETARIAN FICTION] HERBST, Josephine

Rope of Gold

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1939. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 429pp. Bright, Near Fine copy, with yellow top stain unsoiled and unfaded. In the original dustwrapper, crisp and unworn; all four corners clipped by publisher (as always), with $2.50 price intact on both front and rear flaps; just lightly soiled on lighter portions of rear panel; the spine panel is notably free of fading, with yellow portions vivid and clean.

The third volume of Herbst's Depression-era proletarian trilogy, which included "Pity is Not Enough" (1933) and "The Executioner Waits" (1934); this final volume deals with "the agrarian and industrial unrest of the 1930's" (Hanna). Like all of Herbst's book from this period, this one is scarce, especially in this condition. RIDEOUT p.298. BLAKE p.268. HANNA 1677.

Price: $500.00

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