The Competitor [Review Copy]
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- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy with publisher's typed review slip laid in. Octavo (21cm); oatmeal cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in red and black on spine; dustjacket; 157pp. Pencilled note to front endpaper, titling lightly rubbed, and faint foxing to upper edge of textblock and front endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Marilyn Miller, unclipped (priced $3.95), with modest shelfwear, light dust-soil, and foxing to flaps and verso; Very Good.
The author's first novel, A Maxwell E. Perkins Commemorative, examining corrupt business and the failed American Dream with a young salesman and his work. Bontly was a gifted if little-known novelist, and a long-time member of the English faculty at UW-Madison. [83853].
The author's first novel, A Maxwell E. Perkins Commemorative, examining corrupt business and the failed American Dream with a young salesman and his work. Bontly was a gifted if little-known novelist, and a long-time member of the English faculty at UW-Madison. [83853].