Young Gentlemen, Rise
by Ingham, Travis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Los Angeles, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Good. (c.1935). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a good solid copy, but with considerable external spotting, mostly to spine and front cover; internally clean and well-bound, but still best to consider this a reading copy only]. Novel about four college classmates (Yale, Class of 1928) who get together in 1934 to swap tales of their trials and tribulations in the intervening early Depression years. The New York Times critic was quite disdainful of the whole enterprise: "No argot is so flavorless, unimaginative, spurious, artificial and witless as the jargon of the campus. Mr. Ingham revels in it ad nauseam. If we take his word for it, Yale undergraduates, and particularly the class of '28, and especially [the novel's main characters] are youthful infantiles whose vainglorious deeds, puppy itches, childish mentalities and baby emotions can scarcely be taken seriously except as phenomena." (Sounds to me like sour grapes from a critic -- the review is signed only "F.T.M." -- who couldn't get into an Ivy League school.) The author turned out just one more novel, "Play On Your Harp," the following year; it was trashed by a different New York Times critic, and that apparently did it as far as his novelistic ambitions were concerned. .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20510
- Title
- Young Gentlemen, Rise
- Author
- Ingham, Travis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (c.1935)
- Keywords
- Great Depression, College Life, Thirties, Yale University
Terms of Sale
ReadInk
We accept all major credit cards, PayPal, and checks.� All books are RETURNABLE for a full refund for any reason whatsoever within 30 days from the date of your purchase. PLEASE NOTE that California sales tax (currently 9.5% in Los Angeles County) will be collected for all in-state orders; the request for this additional charge will come via a follow-up email from Biblio, as soon as possible after your order has been received by us, and will require your prompt attention and approval.
About the Seller
ReadInk
Biblio member since 2003
Los Angeles, California
About ReadInk
Now in our 24th year of on-line bookselling, ReadInk offers an eclectic selection of quality books in a variety of subject areas. We are dedicated to the first-class treatment of every book we sell and its new owner (our customer). All orders and inquiries receive our prompt, personal attention. Our grading of a book's condition is conservative ("Fine" is our highest grade, and used sparingly); all significant flaws are described, but we will be happy to provide additional information and/or a scanned image upon request. Your book will be shipped promptly, well-wrapped and securely packaged; the dust jacket, if any, will be enclosed in a new Brodart cover.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...