Farrell, James T.
Young Lonigan: A Boyhood in Chicago Streets.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1932.
First edition.
8vo. Brown boards with orange labels. No dust jacket. 308pp.
Very good. Boards have edge-wear with some fraying to spine ends. Spine is slightly cocked. Dust jacket is missing. Else a solid and square copy of the first part of the Studs Lonigan trilogy.
Farrell, James T.
A World I Never Made.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1936.
First edition, later printing.
8vo. Tan boards with maroon stamping. Unclipped dust jacket. 508pp.
Very good. Boards are clean. Textblock has some wear to bottom. Dust jacket has edge-wear, sunning, and tears to spine including a one-inch square detached piece. A solid and square copy of the first part of the Danny O’Neill pentalogy.
Farrell, James T.
$1000 a Week and Other Stories.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1942.
First edition.
8vo. Blue boards with black stamping. Price-clipped dust jacket. 226pp.
Very good. Boards have dampstain spots to front at top and bottom, and to back at top. Textblock has some wear to bottom. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has dampstain spot to inside of front at top, edge-wear and tears to spine ends, to front at top, and a torn missing corner of front interior panel. A solid and square copy.
Farrell, James T.
Bernard Clare.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1946.
First edition.
8vo. Brown boards with silver stamping. Unclipped dust jacket. 367pp.
Very good. Boards are clean. Textblock has some wear to bottom. Dust jacket has edge-wear, creasing, sunning, and tears to front at top left and bottom right including a one-inch missing piece. Else a solid and square copy of the first part of the Bernard Clare/Carr trilogy whose character was renamed Carr in the other two books due to a libel suit from a man named Bernard Clare.
Farrell, James T.
When Boyhood Dreams Come True.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1946.
First edition.
8vo. Beige boards with brown stamping. Unclipped dust jacket. 313pp.
Very good. Boards are clean but bottom corners and spine ends are bumped. Dust jacket has edge-wear, creasing along spine, and a tear to front bottom spine end. Else a solid and square copy of this collection of short stories.
Farrell, James T.
The Life Adventurous and Other Stories.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1947.
First edition.
8vo. Red boards with black stamping. Unclipped dust jacket. 313pp.
Very good. Boards and textblock are clean and bright. Dust jacket has some edge-wear including a one-inch missing piece from back at bottom right. Else a fine and tight copy.
Farrell, James T.
Literature and Morality.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1947.
First edition.
8vo. Beige boards with green stamping. Unclipped dust jacket. 304pp.
Good. Boards and textblock are clean. Dust jacket has sunned spine and is missing bottom half of front cover. Else a very good, solid, square copy of this work of criticism.
Farrell, James T.
An American Dream Girl.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1950.
First edition.
8vo. Black boards with silver stamping. Unclipped dust jacket. 302pp.
Fine. Boards, textblock, and dust jacket are all clean and bright. Dust jacket has some minimal edge-wear including a few tiny tears to bottom of spine and front. Still a fine, tight copy of this collection of short stories.
Farrell, James T.
French Girls Are Vicious and Other Stories.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1955.
First edition.
8vo. Beige boards with blue stamping. Unclipped dust jacket. 177pp.
Fine. Boards, textblock, and dust jacket are all clean and bright. Dust jacket has some minimal edge-wear. Still a fine, tight copy of this collection of short stories.
Cohen, Morris R.
Reason and Nature: An Essay on the Meaning of Scientific Method.
New York: Harcourt, 1931.
First edition.
8vo. Blue boards with gold stamping. No dust jacket. 470pp.
Very good. Boards have edge-wear with bumping to corners and spine ends, and faded stamping. Hinge has splitting between front board and ffep, but still solidly attached and not loose or detached. Textblock has some edge-wear to bottom. Ownership signature of author James T. Farrell on ffep. A solid, square association copy of the author’s major work who was a professor of philosophy and law at City College of New York and University of Chicago; previously owned by the novelist, short story writer, poet, and critic most famous for his Studs Lonigan trilogy.