first edition
1959 · New York
by [LGBTQIA+] RENAULT, Mary
New York: Pantheon Books Inc, 1959. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); green cloth spine over striped paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in light green on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; [ii],[6],7-346,[4]pp. Previous owner's bookplate at front endpaper, and Hudson's Bookshop Detroit label at rear pastedown. Shelf-soil to bottom edge of textblock, spine ends lightly nudged; Near Fine. Dustwrapper unclipped (priced $4.50), modest shelfwear, tanning at flaps and verso, mild soiling to rear panel, with tears, creases, and chips along spine ends and extremities; Very Good.
Originally published in Great Britain in 1953; initially not published in the U. S. because of its positive depiction of gay relationships among military men. YOUNG (The Male Homosexual in Literature) 2198. [82686]. (Inventory #: 82686)
Originally published in Great Britain in 1953; initially not published in the U. S. because of its positive depiction of gay relationships among military men. YOUNG (The Male Homosexual in Literature) 2198. [82686]. (Inventory #: 82686)
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