Patrick Henry and the Frigate's Keel and Other Stories of a Young Nation (Inscribed to his publisher)
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1945. No additional printings listed, presumed first edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 253pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth over boards, with gilt stamped titles on the backstrip and front board. With fading at the very ends of the spine, and darkening to a large section of the front endpaper. In a worn dust jacket, with a loss from the top edge of the front panel, obscuring a portion of the title. Very Good / Good. Item #68734
A collection of twelve historical stories. Howard Fast (1914-2003) was an American novelist and television writer.
Warmly inscribed by Fast to his his publisher, Sam Sloan, on the front free endpaper. Samuel Sloan was vice president and treasurer of the publishing company Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
Price: $100.00