Reflections at Fifty by Farrell, James t by Farrell, James t

London: Neville Spearman. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1956. First English Edition. Hardcover. This "is a book reflecting Mr. Farrell's dedication to a way of life and literature that, in his own words, encompasses 'the great moral values of the liberal ideals of truth, freedom, fair play.' " Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book has small bump on spine tail, boards are curved, spine slightly cracked on full title page, pages are lightly tanned. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge wear, tanned on edges and spine. Tape on inside of jacket at stress point. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages .

New York: Vanguard Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. This "is a book reflecting Mr. Farrell's dedication to a way of life and literature that, in his own words, encompasses 'the great moral values of the liberal ideals of truth, freedom, fair play.' " Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Spine is slightly loose, small bumps on bottom corners and spine ends, light discoloration on edges of boards, pages are slightly tanned. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has some edge and shelf wear, tanned on edges and spine, 3/4-inch tear on head edge of back cover, price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages .

Vanguard Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Price clipped; O/W a nice copy in a Mylar jacket cover.

New York: Vanguard Press. DJ in archival cover light edge ware. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1954.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1954. First edition, 8vo, pp. 223; original tan cloth with title printed in red on spine, pictorial blue dust jacket. Light soiling to edges, dust jacket toned, else near fine.

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, tan cloth with red lettering on spine & "JF" on cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with title in black against a watery dark gray image, 223 pages. UNCOMMON edition of Farrell's experiences. SUPERIOR COPY: quite tight, bright, & clean in comparable unclipped dust jacket with min wear. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was a prolific American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for his blue-collar, Irish-Catholic Depression-era stories set in Chicago. Farrell's best known works are a trilogy about the tough, gritty, initially promising though progressively tragic life (often autobiographical) of impoverished young, Irish-Catholic Studs Lonigan: Young Lonigan (1931), The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934), and Judgment Day (1935). The series was made into a film in 1960 and tv series… Read More

New York: Vanguard Press, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine first printing. Clean, square, binding tight. No internal marks. Slight wear to spine ends and some age toning to pages. Personally inscribed and dated by Farrell on the front end paper. Jacket is very good with minor loss to top of spine and minor wear to extremities. Not price clipped. A collection of essays by the noted American novelist.