THE DARING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE - Inscribed to Saroyan's Editor
New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Tall Octavo. Very Good / Very Good. Item #08710
Author's first book. SIGNED BY WILLIAM SAROYAN AND WARMLY INSCRIBED TO HIS EDITOR AS FOLLOWS: "To Kenneth Houston/a fine editor, with/sincere good wishes/for the continued/success of Literary/America, the magazine,/and the state of/the country itself-/William Saroyan./Manhattan/May 22/1935. This first edition was limited to 2000 copies. 270pp., bound in pale gray cloth with wrap around gold label printed in black, spine black; dust jacket spine lightly toned, small loss at top of rear spine fold. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00