The Strangest Places. Illustrated by George Price. [Inscribed.]

Ross, Leonard Q. (pseudonym of Leo Rosten)

Published by London, Constable, (1939)., 1939

About this Item

First UK edition (with "First published 1939" on copyright page). Orig. cloth, lacking dust jacket. Very good copy, spine somewhat slanted. With a long inscription from Ross to F. Tennyson Jesse and her husband on the front free endpaper: "For Fryn and Tottie, This book, of which a second edition is priceless, was purchased (underlined), if you please, by Fryn. Fondest good wishes and - until we meet again / Leo (Leonard Q. Ross)/ Pear Tree Cottage / Aug. 23, 1953." With F. Tennyson Jesse's bookplate on the front pastedown. Colorful reportage of New York life in the thirties, in the vein of A. J. Liebling and Joseph Mitchell; some of the pieces herein appeared in the New Yorker. Rosten's shmalzy "study" of Yiddish earned him the scorn of serious students of the language; here he is in top form as an observer of people and speech patterns. In the US the book, pace the inscription, actually did go into a second printing.

Seller Inventory # 3132

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Strangest Places. Illustrated by George Price. [Inscribed.]
• Publisher: London, Constable, (1939).
• Publication Date: 1939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalogue XXXI