SCHIDDEL, Edmund. Scratch the Surface. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1939.

First Edition. Realistic novel of 1930’s New York City life, “the world of Manhattan bars and restaurants, high-pressure offices, and neurotic and brilliant social groups which have hitherto been unrecorded”. Author’s first novel. Near Fine, mild glue shadow at front pastedown where a bookplate once was, in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest shelf wear to flap edges, nicking to spine ends and flap corners.

Price: $150.00