Description
Signed first edition of The Common Pasture by Hilary Masters.
Octavo, [2], 182pp. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “first printing” on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In publisher’s dust jacket, $4.95 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear, a near fine example. Inscription on verso of half-title reads “For Jeanne + Jim Hughes – with many thanks until we meet again at the next auction – Hilary Masters – 9/25/67.”
The Common Pasture was Hilary Masters’ first novel. Masters’ father was famous poet and writer Edgar Lee Masters.
