first edition
1947 · New York
by Waters, Frank
New York: Rinehart & Co, 1947. First Edition. Octavo. First printing, 277pp.. The story of a young Yanqui find sanctuary from his drunken father with an old Chinese shopkeeper, Tai Ling, the yogi of Cockroach Court. He soon becomes passionately infatuated with a young girl named Guadalupe. Bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, bottom edges rubbed. A very good copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket rubbed long the edges and corners.
(Inventory #: 021041)