ID 602669
Lot 351 | Appointment in Samarra
Estimate value
$ 800 – 1 200
John O'Hara, 1934
O'HARA, John (1905-1970). Appointment in Samarra. New York: Harcourt Brace, [1934].
First edition, a fine copy in the first issue dust jacket. O'Hara's famous first book details the three-day disintegration of Julian English in the fictional Gibbsville, Pennyslvania. Publisher's presentation with bookplate of Elmer Adler, founder of the Pynson Printers. Acknowledgements slip tipped in before dedication page. "Recent Fiction" featured on rear panel of dust jacket.
Octavo. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket (a little rubbing and wear at extremities, a few barely discernible minor nicks); custom box.
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