BIRMINGHAM, Stephen

Young Mr. Keefe [Review Copy]

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy with publisher's typed review slip, inked "Birmingham" and publication information, laid in. Octavo (21cm); oatmeal cloth-covered boards, with titling and decoration stamped in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 369pp. Pencilled note to front endpaper, with offsetting to endpapers and pastedowns, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by George Kelley with illustration by Irving Zusman and photograph by John Reed, unclipped (priced $3.95) with trivial surface wear, spine-faded, and faint foxing to spine panel and flaps; Very Good+.

"Eastern and California cultures are contrasted in the story of a young New Englander whose marriage to a San Joaquin Valley girl fails" (see Baird, California Fiction, 261). Mr. Keefe reconnects with his college friends, Blazer and Claire, with enhanced parties and flirting as Blazer continues to fantasize about the friend group prior to Mr. Keefe's journey back to stability. BAIRD 261. [83868].

Price: $50.00

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