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Lot 82
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$3,810
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FANTE, John (1909-1983). Ask the Dust. New York: Stackpole Sons, 1939.
8vo. Original tan buckram lettered in brown (front joint slightly leaned); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine sunned with small tear affecting the "U" in "Dust", some chipping at extreme ends, light soiling to rear panel). Provenance: Earle Y. Sullivan (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of the author's second novel that is considered to be the quintessential novel of Los Angeles and Fante's "best work...a cult classic" (ANB).
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie