TIDE OF EMPIRE by Peter B. Kyne New York: Cosmopolitan Book Company, 1928 First edition, first printing. Internal black and white illustrations by W. Smithson Broadhead with frontispiece, double-spread plate, one additional plate, and color dust jacket Near fine in green cloth with apricot stamped titles; in an edge-chipped, edge-torn very good dust jacket with a small interior chip to the lightly stained spine panel; original $2.00 price still intact to the front inner flap. Evocative front and rear color illustrations to the dust jacket. Gold rush yarn centering on Irish adventurer Dermod D'Arcy and his "queer medley of comrades"--an AWOL British surgeon, a renegade New England minister, a crew of liberated jailbirds, and lovely Josepha, daughter of aristocrat Don Jose. Source for the 1929 silent film directed by Alan Dwan. Scarce in the original 1928 dust jacket. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.