My Ears Are Bent

New York: Sheridan House, 1938. Very Good. First edition. Previous owner's neat gift inscription, rear endpaper wrinkled, a very good or better copy in a very good example of the rare dustwrapper with small chips at the crown and rear panel, some rubbing, tears, and other light wear. The author's exceptionally rare first book, a collection of short pieces from his days as a reporter for the New York World-Telegram, the New York Herald Tribune and The New Yorker. Anecdotally it has been said that Mitchell would not allow this book to be reprinted in his lifetime because of some racial characterizations that are now considered inappropriate. This may be the case but Mitchell's writing, while never precious, could hardly be considered insensitive. We have seen only a handful of jacketed copies in thirty years of searching. (Inventory #: 62728)