first edition
1957 · New York
by AGEE, James
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First Edition. First Issue (per Ahearn), with title page printed in blue, and "walking" for "waking" on p.80, line 1. Octavo; blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in silver and green foil on spine and front panel; blue topstain; dustjacket; 339pp, [2]. Hint of a forward lean, fading to topstain, spine ends, and board edges; Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, with light wear and rubbing to extremities; Near Fine. The author's posthumously-published Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. (Inventory #: 18251)