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Miss Lonelyhearts
by WEST, Nathanael
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Liveright Inc, 1933. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, first issue (one of approximately 800 copies thus). Slightest sunning at the spine, small tear on one leaf, still about fine lacking the rare dust jacket. American novelist John Sanford's copy with his owner signature on the front fly. Sanford was one of West's oldest and closest friends. They met in grade school and attended high school together. In the summer of 1931, West invited Sanford to share a cabin in the Adirondacks with him so they could both write; West, *Miss Lonelyhearts* and Sanford, his first novel, *The Water Wheel*. It was West (who had changed his own name) who persuaded Sanford to change his name from Julian L. Shapiro. West's classic satiric tragedy, one of the key novels of the 20th Century, of a male advice columnist who takes his job seriously. Loosely adapted into a comedy for 20th Century Pictures the same year, and then remade by Dore Schary in 1958 (his first independent production after leaving MGM) with Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, and Myrna Loy. *Connolly 100*. A nicer than usual copy, with a superb association.
Synopsis
Miss Lonelyhearts, published in 1933, is Nathanael West's second novel. It is an Expressionist black comedy set in New York City during the Great Depression.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 539122
- Title
- Miss Lonelyhearts
- Author
- WEST, Nathanael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Liveright Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Connolly100, AmerLit20thCent, BooksIntoFilm
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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