Point of No Return [SIGNED]. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1949.
First Edition, Limited Edition of 600 signed copied. Octavo, original green cloth over boards, stained top edge, deckle edge, color illustrated dust jacket, signed by author. Novel which, typical of the author’s style and theme, addresses with some satire the class issues of middle and upper class life in small town New England in the 20th Century. Includes a satirical portrayal of W. Lloyd Warner, a Harvard anthropologist who studied the manners of Marquand's Newburyport. Basis for a 1968 episode of the black and white Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) TV series “Playhouse 90” directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Walter Abel and Edward Andrews. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, very slight chipping to spine ends and flap corners, darkening to spine, shelf wear.
Price: $175.00