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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
WEST, Nathaniel (1903-1940). Miss Lonelyhearts. New York: Liveright, 1933.
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WEST, Nathaniel (1903-1940). Miss Lonelyhearts. New York: Liveright, 1933.
A presentation copy of the first edition of West’s classic black comedy, inscribed to fellow dramatist Arthur Kober. West, a non-practicing Jew, wryly signed this copy “to Arthur Kober for his bar mitzvah / from his great and good friend.” This darkly humorous tale of alienation and advice in Depression era New York was well reviewed, but the publisher went bankrupt almost immediately and bookshops were unable to source copies. Copies of the first issue are rare, especially in the original dust jacket. Connolly 76.
Octavo (190 x 128mm). Original brown cloth (light soiling, bottom of spine slightly frayed; illustrated dust jacket (folds torn with losses, chipping at ends of spine panel; rear panel detached); in custom box. Provenance: Arthur Kober (1900-1975, writer and husband of Lillian Hellman; presentation inscription) – Maurice F. Neville (Sotheby's New York, 16 November 2004, lot 447, $31,200) – Annette Campbell-White (Sotheby’s, 7 June 2007, lot 165).
A presentation copy of the first edition of West’s classic black comedy, inscribed to fellow dramatist Arthur Kober. West, a non-practicing Jew, wryly signed this copy “to Arthur Kober for his bar mitzvah / from his great and good friend.” This darkly humorous tale of alienation and advice in Depression era New York was well reviewed, but the publisher went bankrupt almost immediately and bookshops were unable to source copies. Copies of the first issue are rare, especially in the original dust jacket. Connolly 76.
Octavo (190 x 128mm). Original brown cloth (light soiling, bottom of spine slightly frayed; illustrated dust jacket (folds torn with losses, chipping at ends of spine panel; rear panel detached); in custom box. Provenance: Arthur Kober (1900-1975, writer and husband of Lillian Hellman; presentation inscription) – Maurice F. Neville (Sotheby's New York, 16 November 2004, lot 447, $31,200) – Annette Campbell-White (Sotheby’s, 7 June 2007, lot 165).