I Capture the Castle
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948.
First American edition, first printing. [v], 343 pp. Bound in publisher's pale blue cloth with navy stamping. Near Fine with light wear and edge fading to covers, discoloration to joints, and light foxing to covers, textblock edges, and endpapers. Offsetting to pastedowns, previous owner inscription to front free endpaper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and only the faintest sunning to spine panel. Spots of foxing to flap edges, vertical crease to front flap, and 1 inch tear to lower end of front flap fold.
An uncommonly bright copy of the classic coming-of-age story about a teenage girl whose family lives in genteel poverty in a decaying castle. The British author's first novel, written in California and first published in the United States.
Price: $4,500