by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
Signed first edition of the author's first book
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First edition, first printing. Signed and warmly inscribed by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. on the front free endpaper, "To Burton Milward, with the pleasantest of recollections of a long and friendly association." [ii], 284pp. Bound in publisher's ochre cloth stamped in red. Very Good+ with light wear, offset at endsheets; sticker residue at front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with edge tears; tear to bottom front joint. Light toning, fading to spine, soiling with moderate foxing to verso.
Photocopied 1p TLS dated Feb. 10, 1991 from Guthrie to the former owner Burton Milward laid-in with Burton Milward, Jr. letterhead envelope postmarked 20 Feb. 2001 from The Captain's Bookshelf, Inc. This letter refers to Guthrie's inscription inside the book.
A mystery, the first book from the western author who later won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for The Way West.