Appointment in Samarra. by John O'Hara - 1945.

New York, NY New American Library: Signet , 1945. Paperback First Edition Thus [1945]; Third Printing (1950). Very Good in Wraps: shows slight spine lean; faint creases to the corners of the front panel; the expected tanning to the text pages, due to aging; former owner's rubber-stamped name at the top of the front endpaper; a tiny crack in the paper at the mid-point of the front hinge/backstrip; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome carefully used copy, tightly bound, showing light wear and minor flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.15 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches). 190 pages. Classic period pictorial cover, unfortunately unattributed. Language: English. Weight: 4.5 ounces. Signet 766. First Edition Thus [1945]; Third Printing (1950). Mass Market Paperback. John Henry O'Hara (1905 – 1970) was an American writer who earned his early literary reputation for short stories and became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with "Appointment in Samarra" and "Butterfield 8". His work stands out among that of contemporaries for its unvarnished realism. His champions rank him highly among the under-appreciated and unjustly neglected major American writers of the 20th century. In 1934, O'Hara published his first novel, Appointment in Samarra. Endorsing the novel, Ernest Hemingway wrote: "If you want to read a book by a man who knows exactly what he is writing about and has written it marvelously well, read Appointment in Samarra".