Gas-House McGinty

New York: Vanguard Press, 1933. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with some chipping at the extremities. Farrell's second novel. Signed by the author. Working-class life in Chicago gets a gritty, hardboiled treatment from the author of the Studs Lonigan trilogy, who here focuses on the travails of the title character, a dispatcher for… Read more about this item

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1933.

New York: Vanguard Press, 1933. First edition. Endpapers slightly darkened at hinges, otherwise fine in dust jacket with wear on corners and spine ends and a few short closed tears.

New York: Vanguard, 1933. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Slight lean, with a small bruise to the verso of the epigraph page. Jacket lightly soiled and toned, with several small chips and closed tears to the extremities.

Avon Books, 1950. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 220 pages. Revised, with a special introduction by the author. First edition (first printing). Crease to rear bottom corner else a fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

New York: Avon, 1950. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. First printing. About very good in wraps, edgeworn and with surface rubbing. Square and firmly bound with the usual toning. One of Farrell's vivid portraits of Chicago life during the early years of the 20th century.

New York: Vanguard Press, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. Binding with light soil and wear, a bit of offsetting on the endpapers and upper hinge with four tiny holes, very good or better in a very good soiled dust jacket with a tanned spine, and tiny nicks and tears at the extremities. Title page states 1933, but… Read more about this item

The Vanguard Press, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, matching dates, NAP. Grey cloth boards with red lettering & rules under yellow, red & black dust jacket. Bookplate and number written to front endpaper, very minor bump to rear lower corner; dust jacket spine panel moderately faded, original price of $2.50 intact, quite lovely.

New York: Vanguard Press, 1933. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 364pp. HB palebeige w/red; rubbed&soiled w/wear on edges&corners; spine sunned; clean,tight pgs. "This book is an imaginative representation of American life intended solely as a work of fiction, and all the characters are imaginary.

World Publishing Company. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. 1946. First Edition: Second Printing. Hard Cover. 364 pages: 5.5 x 8 in.: 1.6: Ex-Library: KB#016125: Dustjacket has many small edge cuts and chips, but retains beautiful, colorful cover art. Book has prior library stamp on title page; otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound… Read more about this item

Cleveland: World Publishing, 1944. ".a novel of extraordinary power.Rough and tough and hard as nails!" (from the dustjacket flap). Originally published in 1933, this is a wartime reprint (the Fifth Printing) under the Tower Books label. (Since it has a new introduction by Farrell, it could also be stretched to call in a "First Edition Thus.") Dark blue cloth binding,… Read more about this item

World, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. Acceptable Hardcover, NO DJ. Text is clean and unmarked. Some staining/blemishing on page edges and margins. Covers show edge wear with staining and rubbing/scuffing. Scuffing/fraying on spine. Book is slightly bent. Hinges cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York: Avon Publishing Co, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Softcover. Pages are browning. .

Avon 290, 1950. Paperback. Very Good. 220 pages, light shelf wear, tight binding, clean. Size: 16mo - over 5 3/4 in - 6 3/4 in tall. Year: 1950.

Cleveland & New York: World Publishing, 1942. Originally published by Vanguard in 1933; this is a Very Good (minus) copy of the "Tower Books Edition" (stated First Printing). Dark blue cloth binding , lettered in red on the spine and with the Tower Books logo on the front cover. Clean text; 364 pages. Bumped and with some smudges; this would… Read more about this item

Avon, 1944. Book. Very Good +. Mass Market Paperback. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight un-read copy. Moderate wear. #290.

Avon Books, 1950. Mass Market Paperback. very good. NOT an ex library book. Clean pages. No creases on spine.

NY: Crest Book/Fawcett, 1958. 224pp. Cover by Barye Phillips. Photos on request.. #S200, Jan., First Printing. Paperback. Fine-. Mass Market.

Greenwich Connecticut: Crest, 1958. Mass Market Paperback. Good +. First Crest Printing January 1958. A Crest Reprint 224 pages #s200. Store stamp inside back cover. Slight spine cock. Bumped corners. Tight with white pages.

World Publishing Company, Cleveland, 1943, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Octavo, hardcover, pages age-toned else VG in edgeworn blue pictorial dj showing man and woman in city scene with 40's attire. 250 pp. More than a novel, it is a sociological study about Chicago in the 40's, rich in realism and language of the streets.