The Build-up, A Novel by Williams, William Carlos

New York: Random House. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library book, with usual stamps and markings. "...a success story. Its account of the triumph of an immigrant American family during the early part of the century follows a traditional pattern - with one exception. The initiative, drive and overwhelming ambition to carve a place of dignity and importance for the family stem from the female side...Williams writes again with the gentle humor and unadorned simplicity that has established him as one of the great forces in contemporary literature." - from the dust jacket. Ships same or next business day. Remainder mark. Front free endpaper has been torn out. Spine is loose. Tape at head and tail-edges on both covers. Dust jacket is lightly faded. Some chipping at spine. 1-inch tear in head-edge at spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages .

WILLIAMS, William Carlos. The Build-Up. A Novel. Orig. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. N.Y.: Random House, [1952]. First edition. A very good copy.