The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze & Other Stories

Saroyan, William

Published by Random House, New York, 1934

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First edition. 270 pp. Original gray cloth with black spine and gold band lettered in black, pink topstain. Near Fine with a bit of chipping to gold along edges, bookplate on paste down. In slightly toned and shelf worn dust jacket with a few tape reinforcements on verso, unclipped and Very Good. A nice copy of the author's first book. The titular story was the author's breakout work, about a starving young writer in the midst of the Great Depression, first published in Whit Burnett's Story magazine.

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Title
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze & Other Stories
Author
Saroyan, William
Publisher
Random House, New York
Publication year
1934
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Very Good
Edition
First Edition.
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Literature, Short Stories

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

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