1001 AFTERNOONS IN CHICAGO

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PRINTED MAY, 1931. COPYRIGHT 1922 AND RENEWED COPYRIGHT 1927. DARK BLUE CLOTH COVERS WITH GOLD STAMPED TITLES ON THE SPINE AND BEN HECHT PRINTED IN SCRIPT ON THE FRONT COVER. THERE IS WEAR ON THE EDGES AND BUMPED CORNERS OF THE BOOK. THE PAPER IS SPLIT ALONG THE INNER FRONT SEAM AND THE BINDING IS BEGINNING TO LOOSEN, THE PAPER IS TONING WITH AGE BUT OTHERWISE IS CLEAN AND INTACT, THE DUST JACKET IS BLACK WITH GOLD AND RED TITLES AND THE PRINTED INITIALS "AMB" ON THE FRONT COVER. THE DUST JACKET IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE COLORFUL DUST JACKET OF THE FIRST EDITION. THERE ARE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR "1001 AFTERNOONS IN CHICAGO" AND "THE CHAMPION FROM FAR AWAY" ON THE FRONT AND BACK FLAPS OF THE DUST JACKET. THE REAR DUST JACKET COVER HAS ADVERTISEMENTS FOR OTHER BEN HECHT BOOKS INCLUDING "A JEW IN LOVE", "BROKEN NECKS", " THE FRONT PAGE", "THE TWENTIETH CENTURY" AND A BOOK IN PREPARATION "THE DEVIL'S DILEMMA" THAT APPARENTLY WAS NEVER PUBLISHED. THE DUST JACKET HAS BEEN REINFORCED WITH PAPER TAPE AND IS HELD IN AN OLDER TYPE OF MYLAR WRAPPER FOR PROTECTION. AN UNCOMMON PRINTING OF BEN HECHT'S CLASSIC NEWSPAPER REPORTER STORIES OF CHICAGO LIFE IN THE LATE TEENS AND EARLY TWENTIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. N° de ref. del artículo 222045

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