Published by Rinehart, New York, 1953
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
307, [2]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. 307, [2]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the ffep to Fletcher & Inga Pratt by the author Nov. 1953. By the same author as Nightmare Alley. This about the world of the carny. Novelist, historian, and bon vivant Fletcher Pratt (1897-1956) was dean of nonfiction at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference from the late 1930s until 1955, and was well connected in New York literary literary and science fiction circles; his wife Inga was was an artist and illustrator. Black cloth. Fiine in Very Good pictorial dust jacket by Sue Foster. Signed.