Woolrich, Cornell; A Young Man's Heart; New York: Mason Publishing 1930. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 247 pages. Hardcover.
Very Good-/Good. Light tone with foxing, light cock, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/4" of chipping at spine head, 1/2" edge tears with light chipping and creasing, foxing, rub. Solid hardcover.
Cornell Woolrich's hard-to-find fourth novel, a tragic romance set in a Mexican town which drew upon Woolrich's own childhood in Mexico living with his father after the collapse of his parents' marriage. "Although his father no longer lived there, too well could Blair visualize that seeking, greedy man who had sent Blair's mother away, putting in her place a succession of painted, fading, neurotic women. And while his father and his latest mistress created a strange voluptuous atmosphere in the house, the little boy Blair would play in the patio with Mariquita, the Indian girl who, in the hot bright landscape, taught him how to kiss. But now he was grown up; a young man: twenty-three. Certainly he might have been old enough to cope with life, if [his new wife] Eleanor had not returned the bold stares of Serrano, if the town had not been captured by revolutionists ... and if Mariquita had not been discovered as the sullen beauty who was the General's mistress." First Edition, First Printing in Dust Jacket of this elusive early semi-autobiographical Woolrich novel.
American Literature - 20th Century Jazz Age - Fiction Mexico in Fiction - 20th Century Psychological Novel

Very Good-/Good. Light tone with foxing, light cock, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/4" of chipping at spine head, 1/2" edge tears with light chipping and creasing, foxing, rub. Solid hardcover.

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