first edition
1951 · London
by WEST, Nathanael
London: The Grey Walls Press, 1951. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (19cm); blue boards titled in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 207pp. Slightly bowed boards; mild offsetting inside covers; faintly rubbed titles; Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped, priced (9s. 6d. net) with light foxing to the panels; shade of toning to the spine; Very Good+.
Inspiration for the film, The Day of the Locust. It was directed by John Schlesinger in 1975. One of the more famous of Hollywood novels, technically a literary study of grotesques. Primarily [it is] about middle-aged, middle-class discontent...the background is Hollywood- not the Hollywood of film stars but the Hollywood exemplified by unimortant hangers-on fighting unsuccessfully for a little limelight. (from the dustjacket); BAIRD, 2561. (Inventory #: 53751)
Inspiration for the film, The Day of the Locust. It was directed by John Schlesinger in 1975. One of the more famous of Hollywood novels, technically a literary study of grotesques. Primarily [it is] about middle-aged, middle-class discontent...the background is Hollywood- not the Hollywood of film stars but the Hollywood exemplified by unimortant hangers-on fighting unsuccessfully for a little limelight. (from the dustjacket); BAIRD, 2561. (Inventory #: 53751)