The Fiction Factory : From Pulp Row to Quality Street. The Story of 100 Years of Publishing at Street & Smith

New York: Random House, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 283pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a touch of rubbing to the tips but quite minor. very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($5.00), has some toning to the flap edges and a couple of short creases to the top of the front flap. Some tiny nicks to the spine ends and tips. Still fresh and bright. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. "To Arnold, from an old friend, Quentin". Arnold being Arnold Swenson, who was the Director of Book Operations for decades at the legendary Harvard COOP bookstore in Cambridge MA. A sharp, collectible copy and uncommon with inscription.