The Marshal

New York: Rinehart and Company, 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Ernest Franklin. First Edition, Rinehart R on copyright page; a Review Copy, review slip laid in. A unique and lovingly rendered study on the art of illustration; artist Ernest Franklin drew a black ink illustration in every place there was room for one in the book, FIFTY-TWO in all; large pen and ink illustrations on half-title, title, fly-title, and two blank rear pages; Franklin SIGNED the illustrations on the half-title, fly-title, and rear page; the other illustrations are mainly vignettes, working their way around words and into spaces as if printed there, the largest being about 3in and the smallest 1in tall; a truly unique work by a respected Southwestern artist. 8vo, gray cloth, housed in custom slipcase; vg (heavily shelfworn; brown dot on front board; black smudges on spine; edges of spine worn; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; edges and pages toned; eps toning) in vg- dj (toned and dustsoiled; spine browned; tear to top and bottom edges of front; tear to bottom edge of rear panel; two tears to bottom of spine; edges bumped and worn, esp. at corners) housed in a vg slipcase (soiled; dents to spine; cloth on top edge lifting; nick to cloth on bottom edge; fraying to cloth on end on bottom edge); 251pp.