Barton (Ralph) God’s Country.
£225
A short history
New York [London], Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.
First UK edition, on US sheets. 8vo. Original cloth-backed patterned boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.
A satirical overview of American history from “discovery” to the present, featuring explanatory diagrams and caricatures by the author. The book did not sell well, seemingly a contributing factor to the author & illustrator’s suicide in 1931.
In stock
A very good copy; jacket slightly toned at spine, minor rubbing, but overall very good.
Frontispiece; diagrams by the author.
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