first edition Hard Cover
1948 · New York
by Bottom, Carl
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x1. Ruzicka, Rudolph. First edition. Business card of a Havana agent for United Fruit Company with a handwritten note ('With best wishes 4/30/48') laid in, jacket edges rubbed with some loss and a few tears. Good. 1948 Hard Cover. 297 pp. 8vo. A novel of the expatriate experience in Cuba, published shortly after Ernest Hemingway took up residence at Finca Vigia, which likely glamorized the idea of expat living to some degree, despite the political tensions associated with the nation. (Inventory #: 2192662)