Signed. Signed and inscribed by the author. 2nd printing. Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Gently read. NO markings in text. Binding is still tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
First edition, first printing stated. Flat signed by the author to the title page. Book is good only, block is lose, cocked spine, jacket shows wear throughout with splitting corners and loss at ends of spine.
64 pages. A short novel, O'Hara's first after winning the 1955 National Book Award for fiction. SIGNED by O'Hara on the title page. Decorative paper-covered boards with red and black lettering on the cloth spine. Binding somewhat loosened, endpapers browned. Dust jacket spine darkened, gutters worn, spine ends chipped. Price ($1.95) intact on front flap.
Backstrip slightly rubbed. Some browning on rear endpapers from the adhesive used under the pastedown. Otherwise, very good condition. No dust jacket. ]. 64p. Jocular eight-line inscription on front free endpaper from O'Hara to Kate Bramwell, a close friend of his first two wives, and the godmother of his daughter. Signed, "Love, John O'Hara, 5 Nov 56"
Backstrip slightly rubbed. Some browning on rear endpapers from the adhesive used under the pastedown. Otherwise, very good condition. No dust jacket. ]. 64p. Jocular eight-line inscription on front free endpaper from O'Hara to Kate Bramwell, a close friend of his first two wives, and the godmother of his daughter. Signed, "Love, John O'Hara, 5 Nov 56"
Signed by Author on title page. Stated First Printing. Near Fine with Very Good Dust Jacket. DJ darkened. Price ($1.95) intact. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front pastedown. Protected in archival plastic cover. Critic Brendan Gill ranked O'Hara as "among the greatest short story writers in English" and credited him with helping to invent what the world came to call The New Yorker short story." ; Signed by Author
Backstrip slightly rubbed. Some browning on rear endpapers from the adhesive used under the pastedown. Otherwise, very good condition. No dust jacket. ]. 64p. Jocular eight-line inscription on front free endpaper from O'Hara to Kate Bramwell, a close friend of his first two wives, and the godmother of his daughter. Signed, "Love, John O'Hara, 5 Nov 56"
Signed by author on Title page in black pen, signature only. First printing stated. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; slight toning to paste downs and front free end page else text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($1.95) has mild chipping with minimal paper loss to spine and flap fold ends, minor toning to cover edges with mild toning to top flap folds and spine, 1/2" closed tear to top rear cover by spine. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
First American edition. Endpapers foxed, very good in good dustwrapper with some spotting and soiling. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "To Gordon Manning with the warm regard of his friend and associate. John O'Hara. 7 August 1956." Manning was an important executive at both the NBC and CBS news divisions. Presumably a very early inscription, the production code on the jacket indicates that the book was published in August of 1956.
First American edition. Endpapers foxed, very good in good dustwrapper with some spotting and soiling. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "To Gordon Manning with the warm regard of his friend and associate. John O'Hara. 7 August 1956." Manning was an important executive at both the NBC and CBS news divisions. Presumably a very early inscription, the production code on the jacket indicates that the book was published in August of 1956.
First American edition. Endpapers foxed, very good in good dustwrapper with some spotting and soiling. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "To Gordon Manning with the warm regard of his friend and associate. John O'Hara. 7 August 1956." Manning was an important executive at both the NBC and CBS news divisions. Presumably a very early inscription, the production code on the jacket indicates that the book was published in August of 1956.
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