Bows Against the Barons
New York: International Publishers, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 152pp. Illustrated red and blue dust jacket with blue lettering on the front cover, red lettering on the spine. Orange buckram boards with red lettering on the spine. Illustrated frontispiece. A first edition of Geoffrey Trease's first novel, in a first state dust jacket. Considered a significant work in the history of 20th century historical fiction for young readers, the novel updates the classic Robin Hood story with a decidedly leftist political bent. Here Trease casts the famous hero as a champion of the poor and oppressed proletariat masses, against the wealthy and corrupt aristocracy. Four illustrations in b/w throughout by Michael Boland. Dust jacket sunned, with spine with large chipping at the head and tail, and front cover separated at hinge. Binding with light bumping and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Spine lightly sunned. Binding lightly cocked. A few minor stains to the edges of the book block. Book block tight. Dj in fair, binding in very good-, interior in very good+. fair to vg+. Item #49381
* The dust jacket has a price of $1.25 and the back of the jacket contains the publisher's advertisement for "Our Lenin"
Price: $950.00