Butterfield 8
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 310pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Black cloth over boards. Covers cocked. Cloth at the spine ends lightly frayed and chipped. Bottom fore-edge corners of the covers gently bumped. No dust jacket. Ex-libris Samuel Sloan, with his name in pencil on the front pastedown. "Samuel Sloan" likely refers to Samuel Sloan who was vice president and treasurer of Duell, Sloan and Pearce, a New York City publishing house that published John O'Hara. Very Good. Item #68062
The author's second novel. A document of life in New York City during the Great Depression. The novel, which was made into a 1960 film of the same name, is centered on a socialite and model who falls for a married man, which leads to a tragic ending. Signed by John O'Hara on the front free endpaper.
Price: $450.00