Country Place

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); pale gray cloth, with titling and decorative rule stamped in black and green on spine and front cover; burgundy topstain; dust jacket; [vi],266pp. Tiny scuff to lower rear board edge, small patch of sticker pull from upper rear pastedown, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, rear panel a bit dust-soiled, with a small puncture at lower rear spine panel and an old tape mend on verso; Very Good+. The author's second novel, set in a small Connecticut town in which a returning veteran discovers his wife's infidelity. "We see the small, sleepy town through the eyes of the local druggist, an elderly, kindly man who owns the respect and and confidence of his neighbors. The action takes place during a hurricane, and as the storm progresses the novel unfolds the violence beneath the surface of the storm, a violence composed of ordinary characters in all too ordinary situations" (from front flap). HANNA 2853. BLOCKSON 5079.