BENNETT, ARNOLD — Riceyman Steps

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [c.1923-1940s]. Hardcover. A reprint edition of Arnold Bennett's novel, which is the story of Henry Earlforward, a miserly bookseller in a down-and-out section of London. This work was awarded the 1923 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Mr. Bennett is perhaps best known for his "The Old Wives' Tale." --- In full textured brown cloth-covered boards with titling in orange on black cover & spine blocks and a drawing of the bookshop to title page. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with color illustration of street scene to front panel. --- With dampstain to front free endpaper, discreet bookseller label to rear paste-down, and rounded cover corners, otherwise a tightly-bound, sound copy. Dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges, evidence of sticker removal to front panel, dampstaing and slightly sunned spine; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 386 pages. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .