[Rarebooks] FS: Outstanding copy of the first of THE DAY OF THE LOCUST

[Charles Agvent]

WEST, Nathanael THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
New York Random House (1939). First Edition. Superb copy of this scarce 
(apparent printing of only 3000 copies) and legendary Hollywood novel about the 
moral decay of fame-seekers in the Depression era Land of Unreality. Made into 
an interesting film directed byJohn Schlesinger and starring Donald Sutherland 
and Karen Black. The red color of both book and dustwrapper is piercingly 
bright. The dustwrapper, absolutely free of intrusive restoration, is complete 
with only trivial wear to the spine tips and corners and a trace of rubbing at 
the rear. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Remarkable copy!   $15,000
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