Runyon a la Carte

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and worn, chips at the edges, closed tears throughout. Grey buckram, bumped at the corners, with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, lengthy gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A collection of Runyon's stories "of his daffy dolls of Broadway and slightly goofy guys to whom a horse is a line of type in the Racing Form.