Place in the City (warmly inscribed by the author to his editor)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 265pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth over boards. Spine rolled and with areas of fading. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with mild fading to the spine, periodic closed tears and chips to the edges. The deepest tear measures 2" deep. Very Good Minus / Very Good. Item #67821
Howard Fast (1914-2003) was an American novelist and television writer. This is his story of a street in New York, where the characters' lives are woven together. The characters include a young poet, a district politician, and a prostitute- all striving for the American Dream, which is just out of their reach.
A first edition of the author's third novel and his first full-length novel. Warmly inscribed by Fast to his editor on the front free endpaper: "Nov. 16, 1943 / Seven years after, this / book is affectionately / inscribed to Sam Sloan, / who during all that time / considerately nursed a / small talent into some- / thing that may some day / matter. With all credit / to him - / Sincerely / Howard Fast." Samuel Sloan was vice president and treasurer of the publishing company Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
Price: $150.00