The Fire Eater

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1948. Fourth printing. Octavo (20cm); blue cloth boards; dustjacket; 394pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in a bright example of the uncommon photomontage dustwrapper, just lightly worn at folds and spine ends; Very Good. Jewish immigrant protagonist, a story of "youthful courage and daring on the street, in the school, on the gridiron and on the battlefields of the First World War" (jacket copy). Missed by Hanna.