The Notebooks and Poems of 'Max Brand'

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1957 Hard cover, demy octavo, (measuring 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches) in blue paper covered boards, the spine in darker blue cloth with gilt titles, First Edition, 138 pp. Protected by the original glassine wrapper (Very Good)and slipcase (Very Good Minus), the book itself is Very Good Plus overall. This has no copy number indicted on the limitation page. Includes frontispiece portrait,title page, diary entries and much of his poetry. ** Author Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) aka "Max Brand," wrote more than 400 full length pulp novels , excelling at western fiction, poetry, humor and journalism. He was also the creator of the character Dr. Kildare, removing o Italy in his later years to write screenplays for MGM. His life story reads like one of his titles. Orphaned at the age of 13, he attended college at the University of California and embarked on a most prolific writing career, using a variety of pseudonyms. He was killed in action in Italy during WW. II while working as a war correspondent. Some of the many pseudonyms of the author are: Evan Evans, George Challis, Owen Baxter and David Manning. . Limited Edition of 750 copies. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.