James Purdy — Eustace Chrisholm and the Works

London, Jonathan Cape, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this novel of unrequited love set in 1930s Chicago by acclaimed American author James Purdy. The first edition. In the publisher's original black cloth binding. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.  Set in the depression years of the 1930s in Chicago, the novel contains a haunting tale of unrequited love in an indifferent world.  Written by American novelist James Purdy, who has published over a dozen novels, and many collections of poetry, short stories, and plays, and has been praised by writers such as Edward Albee and Francis King.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Sticker to front paste down, with an ink inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper with light shelf wear to the extremities, with marks to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.