Dust in the Afternoon [*SIGNED*]

New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good-. (c.1940). 1st Edition (H-P). Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good sound copy, a few tiny white spots (paint?) and light soiling on front cover, modest wear to extremities]. INSCRIBED generically ("Best regards") and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A novel of romance set in New York City, about a young married couple with conflicting career ambitions: he, to be a success as a Major League pitcher; she, to be a Broadway star. McCue ("Baseball By the Books") describes the plot thus: "Rookie pitcher thinks he needs his wife in the stands to win. She wants an acting career. Many real players of the late 1930s appear by name, and the manager in clearly Leo Durocher." Signed by Author .