A Fairy Tale of New York.
first edition
Delacorte Press, Seymour Lawrence, [1973].
by Donleavy, J. P.
Delacorte Press, Seymour Lawrence, [1973]. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth, (hardcover), gilt letters, uncut, 341 pp. Very Good+, with light fading to edges, in a Very Good dust jacket with edgewear that includes several chips. “In the great sad cathedral that is New York City, Cornelius Christian returns to his native land from his university education in Europe...Cornelius Christian’s whimsicalities called forth the strange humanity that lurks just below the surface of every New Yorker’s unhappy face. In the city that is too rich to laugh at and too lonely and ruthless to love and where Happiness/Is/A Big Cat/With a Mouse/On a square mile/Of linoleum. (Inventory #: 30399s)