They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935.
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Hardcover. First edition. Gift inscription hidden by the front flap, and a little foxing to the boards, a near fine copy in very near fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing at the folds. Signed by the author. A lovely copy of the author’s first book, a hardboiled Depression-era classic, basis for the Sydney Pollack film with Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, and Gig Young (who won an Oscar for his role as the dance marathon promoter).
Item #88414
Horace McCoy
birth name: Horace McCoy
born: 4/14/1897
died: 12/15/1955