LOVE HERE IS MY HAT And Other Short Romances: (Inscribed by Saroyan in 1938 to Friend / Italian Sculptor Beniamino Bufano)
by Saroyan, William
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Spine faded, else very good with some light staining to interior pages.
- Seller
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Derry, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Age Books, 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Spine faded, else very good with some light staining to interior pages.. First Edition. Softcover. This copy is boldly INSCRIBED by Saryoan on the inside front cover to his friend, the Italian Sculptor, Beniamino Bufano: "To my friend Beniamino Bufano, with great admiration / Bill Saroyan / ? 7 March 1938." Beniamino "Bene" Bufano (1890-1970) was an Italian American sculptor best known for his large-scale peace monuments and modernist works featuring smooth animal forms and simple shapes. Somewhat scarce early collection by the celebrated Armenian-American novelist. Being also signed to a prominent sculptor and friend of Saroyan makes this a unique and special association copy. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50979
- Title
- LOVE HERE IS MY HAT And Other Short Romances
- Author
- Saroyan, William
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine faded, else very good with some light staining to interior pages.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Modern Age Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- fiction, stories, signed, mmb
Terms of Sale
Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
Please note that all items are offered subject to prior sale. All our books are FIRST EDITIONS and FIRST PRINTINGS unless noted otherwise. All dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. All books are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 10 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Derry, New Hampshire
About Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
Modern first editions - mainly American and English - many of the books being signed; poetry, poetry broadsides, and press books. Most of our holdings are modern and fairly contemporary, and feature both mainstream and genre fiction (e.g. contemporary literature, detective & science fiction), with emphasis on notable writers and literary prize-winners in both prose and poetry.
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- Inscribed
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- Wrappers
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- Spine
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- Association Copy
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- First Edition
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