The Way West by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. (1949) first order edition book

A. B. Guthrie - The Way West

New York: William Sloane, 1949. First edition, first printing (all first issue points present, but with second state order $4.00 dust jacket). 8vo. Hardcover. 340 pp. 1/4 blue cloth binding. Good condition. Rubbing to covers, textblock edges; general wear to boards. No markings to pages. Dust jacket is nice and bright but chipped in several spots and missing a section along upper front edge (see photos). Winner of the 1950 pulitzer prize for fiction.