The Cool World. FIRST U.K. EDITION.

MILLER, Warren.

Published by Secker & Warburg. 1959, 1959

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Half title. Orig. blue cloth. Black & white d.w., unclipped.; a little rubbed & dusted, small closed tear to rear panel. The American edition appeared earlier the same year; the British edition differs only in the colour of the text on the front panel. An episodic novel about a Harlem teen gang 'The Royal Crocadiles' [sic] and their racketeering, prostitution, and streetfights with the Puerto Rican gang The Wolves. Miller was a thirty-eight-year-old white academic when he wrote The Cool World but his grasp of the street vernacular (in which the entire novel is narrated) feels believable, and was favourably remarked upon at the time.

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Title: The Cool World. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
Publisher: Secker & Warburg. 1959
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.

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