O’HARA, John. Appointment in Samarra. (1934 - FIRST EDITION - BOUND BY THE CHELSEA BINDERY)

AUTHOR: O’HARA, John.

TITLE: Appointment in Samarra.

PUBLISHER: NY: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1934.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 7-7/8" x 5-3/4", with the errata slip tipped in after title page, bound in full hand dyed morocco with onlays to both the front and rear boards reproducing the striking dust jacket design by Alfred Maurer, textblock edges dyed black, matching black endpapers and pastedowns, included with the book is the metal plate used by The Chelsea Bindery to fabricate this spectacular binding.

CONDITION: IN FINE CONDITION.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The true first edition, first printing of John O’Hara’s critically acclaimed first book realistically detailing the three-day disintegration of Julian English in O'Hara's invented town of Gibbsville, PA. Making this copy even more interesting is the presence of a tiny blindstamp on the title page reading "PUBLIC LIBRARY / POTTSVILLE, PA." Pottsville was O'Hara's birthplace and the basis for O'Hara's fictitious "Gibbsville." The book was selected by the Modern Library as one of the best 100 American novels of the 20th century and was the basis for the NBC television series "Gibbsville".