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Waiting for Nothing
by Kromer, Tom
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. First Edition, Advance Issue. First edition, advance issue. Abbreviated, containing an introduction comprised of the front flap text (likening Kromer to Hemingway) followed by four excerpts from the novel. [48] pp. Bound in publisher's taupe cloth lettered in red, red topstain. Near Fine with light wear and a tiny stain to crown, faint foxing to edges. In the dust jacket for the trade edition, distinctively folded to fit this copy; unclipped ($2.00), chipped head with a stain to verso there, moderate edge wear, toning along rear joint, a vertical crease along rear flap; Very Good+.
A quintessential novel of the Great Depression, and a masterpiece of understated desperation, written by a West Virginia drifter who famously scribbled his story down on scrap paper scrounged on the streets, in boxcars, and in hobo jungles. The novel was highly praised upon publication, but Kromer never mustered another book-length work; he died, tubercular and forgotten, in a West Virginia sanatorium. The novel was essentially "lost" until its republication by the University of Georgia Press in the 1980s. Scarce as an advance issue in the dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140942497
- Title
- Waiting for Nothing
- Author
- Kromer, Tom
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Advance Issue
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- hobo, proletarian lit, literature, hoboes, The Great Depression, 1930s, radical, advance reading copy, uncorrected proof, first edition, modern literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Good+
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- Fine
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