Jules Verne: The Biography of an Imagination de Waltz, Geroge H - 1943

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1943. 1st. Hardcover. First edition; review copy with original review slip from publisher laid in. 8vo. [x], 223pp, including bibliography and index. Dustjacket illustrated by Hollis Holland. Black & white illustrations; photographs; drawings; maps. Blue cloth covered boards; white stamped titles and illustration to front board and spine; top edge blue; original illustrated dust jacket. Fine in about near fine dustjacket (light wear & chipping to spine ends and upper front corner. George Waltz was an associate editor at Popular Science magazine, who wrote this book "as a labor of love." Rear dust jacket features a note from the author, encouraging readers to buy war bonds in support of the U.S. during WWII.