The Return of Hyman Kaplan

Rosten, Leo (Calvin, pseud Leonard Q. Ross)

Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1959

About this Item

First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some slight spotting and time staining to quite bright classic Gollancz yellow jacket, price clipped, no inscriptions, some browning to page fore edges, internally clean tight and squareish, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 199pp. Twenty years after his first collection of tales about that Don Quixote of adult education, Leo Rosten has brought Hyman Kaplan back for a second term on the bottom rung in the beginner's grade at the American Night Preparatory School for Adults. Leo Calvin Rosten (1908-97), was a Polish born American humourist, scriptwriter, storywriter, journalist, Anglophile and Yiddish scholar. He was also a political scientist interested especially in the relationship of politics and the media.

Seller Inventory # 007901

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Return of Hyman Kaplan
• Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1959
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good