Hardcover
1940 · New York
by O'Hara, John
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1940. Hardcover. 195p., states first edition but actually second printing issued after the Broadway play version, in cloth with tattered second state dj depicting Joey and his "Mice" The book is a compilation of related short pieces in epistolary style written for the New Yorker in 1939. The novel was published first in 1940 just before the Broadway musical version was mounted. This is the first edition (as stated) but in a second state jacket to capitalize on the success of the play. Later filmed in 1957 with Frank Sinatra. (Inventory #: 320296)