HERLIHY, James Leo (stories); KEOGH, Tom (illustrations)

The Sleep of Baby Filbertson and Other Stories [Inscribed]

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black textured paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in blue on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-190,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For Margarett Sargent / Who honored me by sitting in the audience one night with her very special eye and ear – All my warmest and best wishes / James Herlihy / New York City / Jan.1, 1964." Crown gently nudged, a few barely-discernable foxed spots to right edge of textblock, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), lightly edgeworn, with some trivial dust-soil and some corresponding creasing to crown; Near Fine. First work of fiction by the author of Midnight Cowboy, following the release of his play Blue Denim. A collection of seven short stories about off-beat people, illustrated throughout by Tom Keogh.

Price: $150.00

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