THE CADAVER OF GIDEON WYCK. By A Medical Student. Edited by Alexander Laing. Inscribed First Edition.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1934. First Edition (& 1st printing). Paperback. Octavo, original black cloth lettered in white on spine & front panel. 376 pp, frontispiece (and dust jacket artwork) by Lynd Ward. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: To Van Buren Thorne Jr. with the requisite quantity of shivers. Alexander Laing / Editor-in-Chief". The book is the correct 1st printing, with the Farrar & Rinehart crest on the copyright leaf and no statement of reprinting, the jacket has been married to this copy and states "Third Large Printing $2.00" on the front flap. Tiny bump to lower front corner, light crease to spine and a touch of wear to the spine head; a Very Good clean copy in the (supplied) dust jacket which is very good and attractive, with slight wear and minor chipping at the spine head. Item #314686
¶ Weird horror / mystery novel; most of the later editions are abridged due to the graphic descriptions of some scenes. The recipient, Van Buren Thorne Jr, was a journalist for the New York Times, as well as being the son of Van Buren Thorne, who was a long-time medical and science journalist, also for the NY Times.
Price (CAD): $1,250.00