Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase)

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, NY, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition. Illustrator: Grant Wood (Frontis). Book Signed by Author. A beautiful set of the Limited Edition in the original slipcover. Signed by Roberts on the limitation page at the front of Volume 1 and numbered #477 of 1,000 (plus 50 unnumbered copies). This novel was revolutionary for its time because Roberts presents a favorable treatment of the Tory position during the American Revolution -- an approach that resulted in critical reviews and angry letters (see Bales, 1993, p. 77). While the novel covers the whole war, it highlights the often overlooked movement of the theater to the southern states following the British defeat at Saratoga. As a result, it both continues the story from Arundel and Rabble and Arms and provides an alternative perspective from the Patriots side in the earlier novels. What all three share in common is what Bales describes as "a Roberts narrator [who] sees that his duty is to tell the truth about war and the politicians who furthered it" (p. 76). Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 848 pages. 2-volume set (complete). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardcover bound in brown buckram over boards with beveled edges. The initials KR on an open book device are embossed on the front covers with the title in bright gilt on the spines . The books are lacking (as usual) the fragile cellophane wrappers in which they were originally issued. The label on the slip case is clean. Some of the edges have split, but have been been reglued to stabilize them and prevent any further damage. The bottom left corner of the rear board of the slipcase has taken a bump, crumpling the corner. The top page edges are in bright gilt. The side page edges are a combination of deckled (rough cut) and uncut. Illustrator: Grant Wood (Frontis). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction; United States; 1940s; Signed by Author. Main Picture: Roberts (1940), Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase) - Front panel of the slipcase and spines of the books with inset of limitation number and Robert's signature. Picture 2: Roberts (1940), Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase) - Rear and end panels of the slipcase. Picture 3: Roberts (1940), Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase) - Front cover of Volume 2 and spines. Picture 4: Roberts (1940), Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase) - Rear cover of Volume 1 and page edges. Picture 5: Roberts (1940), Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase) - Limitation page. Picture 6: Roberts (1940), Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase) - Frontis of Oliver Wiswell by Grant Wood (used for the dust jacket of the trade book) and title page of Volume 1. Picture 7: Roberts (1940), Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase) - Title page of Volume 2. Picture 8: Roberts (1940), Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase) - End papers of Volume 1 (used for the front end papers of the trade book). Picture 9: Roberts (1940), Oliver Wiswell (Signed Limited Edition in Slipcase) - End papers of Volume 2 (used for the rear end papers of the trade book). Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1345. .