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 Fine in green cloth with apricot stamping; in a nearly fine, wraparound illustrated dust jacket with minor edge wear. 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 jacket-- especially in this condition. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.