Tale of Balí

New York: The Literary Guild of America, Inc, 1938. Octavo (21cm); orange cloth-covered boards, with titling, blocking, and decorations stamped in gilt and dark gray on spine and front cover; orange topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 417pp; illus. Slight spine lean, with light off-setting to front cover; Very Good. Dustwrapper has 1" chip to lower spine panel, nick to front spine fold, and tiny chips and tears to extremities; Very Good. First published in German as Liebe und Tod auf Bali (1937), and later as Love and Death in Bali and A Tale from Balí. Baum's novel is set in colonial Bali and explores conflict with Dutch troops. [85362].