John Waer (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. Chipping to the dust jacket.

From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Original green cloth, printed paper spine label; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. A dedication copy, inscribed "Copy #1" on the front free endpaper and on the dedication leaf next to the printed dedication that reads: "To Harvey Taylor / Author's Representative / and / Bill Saroyan / (They said they'd get me started.)" Waer has written "He did / J. Waer 8-21-43" next to the printed dedication. A newspaper clipping on the rear pastedown recount's Waer's fine, along with three other men, after being caught running an illegal game of dice. A fine copy in a very good jacket with spine faded and wear at extremities.

First Edition. Introduction by William Saroyan. Unusual novel of a young man obsessed with a sculptured bust of a beautiful actress. He tries to make due with a living and breathing woman who is also an actress. "Avery, the gambler, mystic, sentimentalist, idealist; and Jade Malloy, glamorous, self-contained, unattainable, unforgettable; these two live a romance unlike any since Pygmalion with Galetea and Dante with Beatrice". This copy signed by Waer at title page, handwritten return address (from Waer) clipping laid in. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few small pieces of paper tape at verso.

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