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Droke House (distributed by Grosset & Dunlap), 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Clean hardcover stated First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with black lettering on cover, black title box and lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean. Clean black endpapers - Newspaper publisher's gift card lightly taped to front free endpaper. Clean dust jacket (slightest hint of light foxing) is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Wit and wisdom straight out of West Virginia--pure Americana to make you wonder, laugh and cry. Everything from whiskey stills and snakes to politics..

Signed First Edition, signed by Jim Comstock (1911-1996}. A collection of great humorous writing and cultural observations from Comstock's newspaper, the West Virginia Hill-Billy. In the back is a subscription form for the now defunct paper and a flyer loosely laid in to purchase Comstock's 20 year work, a 50 volume set called the West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.