3 - 28 PAGES. THE COVERS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY SPLIT AT THE SPINE AND ARE PARTIALLY DETACHED. THE INTERIOR IS CLEAN.THIS BOOKLET WAS PUBLISHED BY THE VANGUARD PRESS, INC.WHO WAS THE PRINCIPLE PUBLISHER OF FARREL'S BOOKS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF HIS WRITING CAREER. THE BOOKLET IS AN ODE OF PRAISE FOR JAMES T. FARRELL BY HIS PRINCIPLE BOOK PUBLISHER AT THE TIME. WILLIAM TARG WAS THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF THE MAJORITY OF FARRELL'S REPRINTED BOOKS BY THE WORLD PUBLISHING CO. VAN ALLEN BRADLEY WAS THE LITERARY EDITOR AND COLUMINIST FOR THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS NEWSPAPER. THE BOOKLET CONTAINS 13 B/W PHOTOGRAPHS OF FARRELL AS A BOY, HIS PARENTS AND FARRELL AS AN OLDER MAN AND THERE ARE SCENES OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY CHICAGO DURING THE TIME OF "STUDS LONIGAN." Size: 6" x 9".

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Bibliographic Details

Title

THE COMING OF AGE OF A GREAT BOOK

Publisher

VANGUARD PRESS, INC., NEW YORK, NY

Publication Date

1953

Language

English

Binding

STIFF PAPER ILLUSTRATED WRAPS

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED

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Aah! Rare Chicago specializes in collections of Chicago authors such as David Mamet, Ben Hecht, Vincent Starrett,James T. Farrell, Eugene Field, George Ade, Studs Terkel and many others along with collections of Chicago Publishers such as Stone and Kimball and Way and Willams. We have hundreds of books about Chicago dating back to the early 1800s including Crime, Prostitution, Banking, Mayors, Architecture, Newspapers, Sports, the 1968 Democratic convention riots including posters and the subsequent conspiracy trial, Prefire imprints and Business. Much of the material is very difficult to find material such as in early in magazines and other ephemera.

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