Description
Signed first edition of Tempest-Tost by Robertson Davies.
Octavo, 307pp. Gray cloth, title in yellow on spine. Stated “first released in the U.S.A. April, 1952” on copyright page, with Rinehart “R” below. Solid text block, worn along edges. In publisher’s dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, lightly soiled along edges. Front panel, once detached, is reconnected to spine with professional tissue repairs to verso. A good, well-presenting jacket.
Signed by Robertson Davies on the title page.
Robertson Davies (1913-1995) wrote this, his first novel, based on the real setting of Kingston, Ontario. Tempest-Tost is the first novel in The Salterton Trilogy, followed by Leaven of Malice and A Mixture of Frailties.
