The Blacking Factory and Pennsylvania Gothic by Sheed, Wilfrid - 1969

New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. Wraps lightly scuffed with edgewear. Pages clean with no markings in text. . Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York.: Ballantine Books by arr. w/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux., 1969. First edition. 1st Ballantine, November 1969.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Light cover wear. Age-toning.. Gallardo, Gervasio (Cover design by).. 1 246 p. Mass-market (rack) paperback. Color artwork on cover. Fiction: Themes of teen years, told with wit. The "Blacking Factory" refers to Charles Dickens's experience at 12 being removed suddenly from school and put to work in a blacking factory. For 20 years, he did not tell of this anguish.

First US paperback edition, first printing of this short novel and long short story. "The Blacking Factory" was originally published in 1958 in Vogue magazine with a different ending under the title "The Happiness Of Pursuit". In near fine condition.

Ballantine Books. Used - Good. Good condition.

England: Penguin c1958, 1968, 1958. 1973 1st thus . Soft cover. Very Good. ISBN: 0-1400-3650-4. No names, clean text. Age-toned paper. Partlyrubbed spine. Still attractive David Pelham cover. very good, mass market paper, pict. orange covers, tight 191 pgs

UsedGood. 1968 Farrar Straus hardcover with dustjacket; ex-library; clean text

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968, 1968. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-Library.

Ballantine Books. Used - Good. Good condition. 2 Novels in 1 Volume . (Literature, Fiction, gothic fiction, Drama) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York: Pocket Books, 1975. Mass market paperback, 253 pages; very gently used, tiny traces of shelf wear, remainder mark to top edge, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout. See also our listing for Sheed's Square's Progress.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good ++.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 192 pages, cover design by David Pelham, spine faded. . Very Good. Paperback. 1st Penguin Edition.. 1973.