My Ears Are Bent. New York: Sheridan House, 1938



8vo (8 x 5 1/4 in; 201 x 104 mm). Original green cloth, printed dust-jacket; spine cloth a trifle darkened with some minor rubbing at foot, tiny chip from bottom edge of dust jacket rear panel and a few tiny nicks at jacket extremities.

spine cloth a trifle darkened with some minor rubbing at foot, tiny chip from bottom edge of dust jacket rear panel and a few tiny nicks at jacket extremities.
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First Edition of the author's scarce first book and the beginning of his ongoing chronicle of New York's extraordinary scenes and characters. Very difficult to find in a bright, unfaded example as here.