New York: Book of the Month Club / BOMC. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Facsimile. Hardcover. This is a Facsimile of the original first edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a thin booklet laid-in with an introduction by John Updike. The dust jacket has several small tears to the top edges. "John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 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. While O'Hara's legacy as a writer is debated, his champions rank him highly among the under-appreciated and unjustly neglected major American writers of the 20th century. [1] Few college students educated after O'Hara's death in 1970 have discovered him, chiefly because he refused to allow his work to be reprinted in anthologies used to teach literature at the college level. " (from Wikipedia) .

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Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB) (US)
Seller's Inventory #: A40863
Title: Appointment In Samarrra
Author: O'Hara, John (with An Introduction by John Updike)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: Facsimile
Publisher: Book of the Month Club / BOMC
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1988
Keywords: Modern Fiction, John O'hara, John Updike
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction;

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About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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