The Locusts Have No King
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Octavo, original green cloth boards with white and black stamping, original unclipped pictorial dust jacket with chipping to extremities, closed tears, spine toned. Item #10010
First edition of Dawn Powell's satirical tale of literary rivalry, gold-digging, and lost love in Greenwich Village, edited by Maxwell Perkins, with the Scribner's A and seal on copyright page. "Sometimes it is necessary to consult the bartender for accurate data on Last Night." A very good copy in notoriously fragile dust jacket.
Price: $450.00
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