GUILLOTINE PARTY; And Other Stories by / James T. Farrell
by Farrell, James T
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1935. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY by the Author, 8vo, forest green cloth with beige labels with red borders on backstrip and front cover, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), [xii] + 305 pages. A very early (first?) collection of Farrell's short stories set in Chicago. RARE dust jacket with price of "$2.50" (slightly chipped at head and foot of spine) and SCARCE title. Internally clean, tight, bright (apart from slight age-toning to inner portion of the endpapers). James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was a prolific American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for his blue-collar, Irish-Catholic Depression-era stories set in Chicago. Farrell's best known works are a trilogy about the tough, gritty, initially promising though progressively tragic life (often autobiographical) of impoverished young, Irish-Catholic Studs Lonigan: Young Lonigan (1931), The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934), and Judgment Day (1935). The series was made into a film in 1960 and tv series in 1979.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1837
- Title
- GUILLOTINE PARTY; And Other Stories by / James T. Farrell
- Author
- Farrell, James T
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Chicago, short stories, Irish-Catholic, South Side, Depression, poverty, baseball, sports, hard work, priests, autobiography, poetry, literature, criticism,
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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