The Dream Life of Balso Snell

New York: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Limited to 500 copies. Good. Wraps generally toned, chipped at the head, a closed tear at the front hinge. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. West's debut novel, one described by Harold Bloom as "squalid and dreadful," but nevertheless significant in launching the career of the author of The Day of the Locust and Miss Lonelyhearts.