THE EARLY WORM
-Signed First Edition Inscribed to Douglas Fairbanks-
1927
First Edition
Henry Holt and Company [New York]
8vo (263 pages, Illustrated)
Hardcover without Dust Jacket [Green cloth]
Item Number: 212827
$650.00
Description
This very good First Edition copy is signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For Young Doug: In recognition of his work on behalf of our work at Silver Lake Camp. Bob Benchley Sept, 1938.” There are additional faint penciled Benchley doodles above the inscription and on the rear free endpapers. Douglas Fairbanks’ elaborate crested bookplate is tipped-onto the second free endpaper opposite the title page, with a second vintage, illustrated Ex-Libris bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The book is in very good condition with some rubbing and light stains to the cloth and modest fading and rubs to the spine.
Robert Benchley and Douglas Fairbanks were close friends and drinking buddies. Fairbanks’ library contained personalized signed copies of most of Benchley’s books. This is one of them.