John Dos Passos — Number One a Novel
London , Constable and Co , 1944. First edition. Hardback. The first British edition of Number One A Novel by John Dos Passos. The first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Very scarce. John Don Passos was an American novelist. This is the second of the District of Columbia Trilogy. Number One follows the story of Tyler Spotswood the brother of Glen Spotswood, the central figure in Adventures of A Young Man the first in the trilogy. It is a story of politics, love, friendship and regret. In the original publisher's cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Edgewear to the dust wrapper resulting in loss to the spine. Marginal age toning to flyleaf. Spotting to the reverse. The boards are clean. Bumping to the tail of the spine. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
