Wallace Smith — The Captain Hates the Sea

London, William Heinemann, 1935. Cloth. A very scarce copy of Wallace Smith's comedic novel in the original dust wrapper. The first Cheap Edition. First published in the UK in 1934 and the true first in the US in 1933. Very scarce in all editions. Novel by Wallace Smith, American book illustrator, comic artist, reporter, author, and screenwriter.The novel was adapted into a comedy film of the same name directed by Lewis Milestone, concerning a series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, with only light minor damp marking to back strip. Light chipping to head and tail of spine of dust wrapper, with general light wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.