Saturday, August 13, 2011

Red Arrow - Yankee Komisar

The seventh book published by Red Arrow Books is Yankee Komisar by S. M. Riis, first published New York: R Speller, 1935.

Yankee Komisar is 240 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] copyright page,
[3] title page,
[4] dedication,
[5] introduction,
[6] blank,
7-236 Yankee Komisar,
[237-240] blank.

The copyright date is 1939.

There are three variant covers: one text, an illustrated one and a "Book Club" edition. The text and illustrated are below.