Love in the Promised Land: The Story of Anzia Yeziorska and John Dewey by [YEZIORSKA, ANZIA ] Dearborn, Mary V - 1988

New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Mellow age toning to the paper. Dust toning / light spotting / foxing to the text block edges. Contains a section of four leaves / eight pages of glossy black & white photos. Dust jacket very good with ghost of shelf & edge wear; age toning; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, ""This exceptional book, the first full interpretation of the secret love affair between American philosopher John Dewey and a young, impassioned Jewish immigrant writer, Anzia Yezierska, becomes both perceptive biography and important social history. . . ""