Forester, C. S.

The Sky and the Forest

Hardcover, Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1948. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. "This is the dramatic story of a man who was also a god. It tells how that man exchanged heavenly omnipotence for earthly power, and how the exchange was accompanied by the first faint intimations of human love - a story as old as Adam, and as new as sky travel." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. "EFA" written in black ink on top right corner of front free endpaper. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, minimal edge wear, light foxing on head and tail edges, small bumps on spine ends, rough tears near spine on page 313. Pages are lightly tanned but clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has normal edge and shelf wear, 1-inch tear on head edge of back cover, 1-inch tear on bottom left of back cover, 1.5-inch tear on spine tail, 1/2-inch tear on head edge of front cover, small tears on fore-edge of front flap, lightly tanned. Tape on inside of jacket at stress points. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages. [Item #52653]

Price: $40.00