The Midsummer Fires: A Long Fiction

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1948. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); gray cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 311pp. Previous owner's stamp and name inked to front pastedown, with light offsetting to front endpaper. Spine ends lightly nudged with faint foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.00), with 4" tear to front flap, 0.5" chip to lower rear panel, tiny chips and rubbing to spine ends and extremities, and light foxing to flaps; Good. Aswell's novel tells the story of a man having a mid-life crisis as he loses footing with his marriage, job, and estate. [83926].