LOWRY, Malcolm (1909-1957). Under the Volcano. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947.
First edition, preceding the English edition. Lowry's masterwork, the story of the final, desperate day of a former British consul drinking himself to death in Mexico. Basis for the John Huston film featuring Albert Finney.
Octavo. Original grey cloth; pictorial dust jacket (skillful reinforcements to verso of spine and upper joint on rear flap); custom box.
LOWRY, Malcolm (1909-1957). Under the Volcano. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947.
First edition, preceding the English edition. Lowry's masterwork, the story of the final, desperate day of a former British consul drinking himself to death in Mexico. Basis for the John Huston film featuring Albert Finney.
Octavo. Original grey cloth; pictorial dust jacket (skillful reinforcements to verso of spine and upper joint on rear flap); custom box.