FRANK, Waldo

The Death and Birth of David Markand. An American Story

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. 8vo. 542 pages. Original green cloth. Provenance: J. Middleton Murray (presentation copy; his library dispersed by Bertram Rota, 1958, catalogue 111, item 877). Lacks jacket, spine and board edges sunned. Item #406732

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To my brother John Middleton Murry / Waldo Frank / London 1937." The prolific author Murry (1889-1957) is remembered for his association with his wife Katherine Mansfield, and his friendships with D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot. In Frank's novel, a tobacco executive tries to create order between farmers and workers.

Price: $125.00