The Deluge
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine / Good. Item #009142
Full red buckram, blue titling to spine and front board. Top edge blue. 99 pp. B&W frontis. illustration. Bruising to spine head and top of joints of both boards, tail edge at foot of front joint, and top corner of rear board. Light rubbing to spine ends and rear joint. Light damp stain to fore edge of rfep. Dust jacket is price clipped, stained, worse at front flap and reverse, chipped to spine ends, creased to edges, a few short tears. Among the papers left by Leonardo da Vinci were fragments of a long story concerning a mysterious Deluge which overcame the world not far from the place where the Ark rested. Now for the first time these fragments have been arranged in order by Robert Payne has reconstructed the original story.
Price: $36.00