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New York: Avon Books, 1967. Pocketbook. Pocketbook. Very good. wraps, 319 pp Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

C. Scribner's sons, 1935. First Avon. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages yellowed..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. very good plus. Duodecimo, black cloth, bright titles The first novel by Scott Fitzgerald's Princeton classmate, who inspired one of Fitz's characters in THIS SIDE OF PARADISE. This is a novel about a murder in Bishop's home state of West Virginia.

BARD PUBLISHING, 1970-07T. mass_market. Good. 0.9000 in x 6.9000 in x 4.2000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

New York: Scribner's, 1935. Hardcover. 368p., very good first edition, first printing with Scribner A and shield present, dulling to black cloth else very good in cloth boards and red titles & decorations. Bishop, a friend of Edmund Wilson and F. Scott Fitzgerald (he was the inspiration for Thomas Parke D'Invilliers in "This Side of Paradise") based this novel on the true story of the rape of a Charles Town, West Virginia socialite.

New York:: Charles Scribners Sons,, 1935.. First edition. With Scriberns Ã’AÓ on copyright page.. Hardcover.. Publishers black and red cloth, title to cover and spine, very minor shelf wear, bit of light rubbing, spine ends with minor bit of bump, some toning to edges, as usual, book still about near fine, an excellent copy. Illustrated dust jacket with minor shelf wear to edges, a bit of minor loss at top of spine, but blends in well with red and black of binding, inside front flap with flattened crease, no real affect, not price-clipped with 2.50 price at top, overall better than very good and presents very nice in a new protective mylar. A scarce book, more so with its jacket. Bishop (1892-1944), American poet and writer. Act of Darkness was his only novel. The book was based on the true story of the rape of a prominent Charles Town social figure by a local Charles Town man (Bishop was born in Charles Town, West Virginia). The book caused a scandal in the town when it was published. Bishop was… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. FIRST EDITION. A fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket missing a thumb nail-sized chip from the bottom of rear flap fold.