Ten Thousand Rare Books.

TARG, William and Marks.

Item Number: 5539

Chicago: Black Archer Press, 1936.

Signed limited first edition. Octavo, three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt tooling to the spine, gilt topstain. Limited to 370 copies for subscribers, signed by William Targ and Harry Marks. In very good condition.

William Targ was an American book editor, well respected in the field of commercial publishing. He is known for publishing Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather while editor in chief of G. P. Putnam's Sons.