Wain, John

Death of the Hind Legs And Other Stories

Hardcover, New York: Viking Press, 1966. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. "A feeble-minded professional wrestler, the wife of an unfaithful husband, a man in search of a tree, the hind legs of the horse in a vaudeville act: these are a few of the human animals upon whom John Wain turns his compassionate eye in this new collection of short stories." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Book has minimal edge wear, tiny bumps on spine ends and top left corner of back board, head edge color is slightly faded, faint soiling and tanning to edges of pages. Text is clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has normal shelf and edge wear, 1" tear on spine head, wear at head and tail ends of spine, small rubs and tears on corners and spine ends, lightly tanned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages. [Item #3230]

Price: $30.00