Description
Signed first edition of For Authors Only by Kenneth Roberts.
Octavo, 446pp, [4]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt design and blind stamped details on front board. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to endpapers, lightly bumped spine, a near fine example. Top edge dyed green. Bookseller’s label affixed to rear pastedown endpaper. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, faint sunning to spine, light wear to flap folds and edges, shelf wear. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper: “With the best wishes of Kenneth Roberts.”
Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) wrote historical fiction, winning the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 1957 for his novels focusing on early American history.
