Walter Van Tilburg Clark — Tim Hazard

London, William Kimber, 1951. Cloth. A well presented copy of Van Tilburg Clark's semi-autobiographical fiction, which follows the parallel lives of a variety of interesting characters, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Ed Thus, being the abridged version of the first UK edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is a semi-autobiographical work by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, in which a series of parallel narratives from redacted characters' lives interweave together. This work was originally published as 'The City of Trembling Leaves' in the US in 1945. Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909-1971) was an American novelist and educator. He is one of the most distinguished novelists to come from the state of Nevada, with two of his novels including 'The Ox-Bow Incident' being made into a film. Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minimal bumping to the tail of spine and a mark to the spine. Dust wrapper is very smart, with a few marks to wraps and a bit of discolouration to the rear. Minimal edge wear and chipping, with a few closed tears to spine region. Pencil inscription to left flyleaf. Light offsetting to endpapers from dust wrapper, with a prior owner's ink inscription to front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.