Raintree County
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xiv, [2], 1-1066, [6] pp. Green cloth with a tree in black and gold on the front board, black and gold lettering and gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; yellow topstain. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Jacket design by John V. Morris. With two full-page illustrations in black and white (maps). Firsts Magazine March 2010 p. 50. The basis for the 1957 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift. Lockridge Jr.'s novel follows a love triangle as the three individuals concerned navigate the U.S. Civil War and mental illness. Very Good or better / Near Very Good. Item #000016624
A bookplate on the front pastedown and light foxing to the topstain; jacket is price-clipped with a small amount of loss on the spine panel.
Price: $200.00