New York: Vanguard Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. "...A brawling literary cocktail party...A struggling writer in Greenwich Village...A disgraced high-school basketball star. [...] These are some of the powerfully portrayed men and women you will meet in this memorable volume of stories..." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, small bumps on top corners and spine ends, head edge color faded near spine, lightly tanned. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has three small tears on spine tail and two small tears on bottom right corner of front cover, small tear on top left corner of back cover, shelf wear on back cover, price-clipped. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 313 pages .

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Bookseller: Good Books In The Woods (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 52354
Title: When Boyhood Dreams Come True
Author: Farrell, James T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Vanguard Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1946

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