C. Daly King

Obelists at Sea

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. Very Good / Very Good -. Item #10521

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's silver cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [20],328pp. Jacket extremities and front panel a bit rubbed with old tape repair to verso not showing through externally, some toning along flap folds, corners gently tapped, contemporary ex libris to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy.

The first of the author's "Obelist" trilogy, the term coined by King to refer to a group of crime-solving psychologists (King was one himself, minus the crime-solving bit).

Price: $500.00