Lot 258
  • 258

O'Hara, John.

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

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Appointment in Samarra. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1934].



8vo (8 x 5 1/4 in.; 209 x 140 mm). Publisher's illustrated wrappers (using the iconic Maurea-designed dust-jacket); slightly cocked, rear jacket panel very lightly soiled.

Literature

Bruccoli A2.1

Condition

slightly cocked, rear jacket pane very lightly soiled.
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Catalogue Note

Advance reader's copy with the "Aug 16" publication date on endpaper.  A literary debut that was an immediate  success and won the praise of both Fitzgerald and Hemingway; a title which now regularly makes most "novels of the century" lists.