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Heading:
Author: Fante, John
Title: Ask the Dust
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Stackpole Books
Date Published: [1939]
Description:

(8vo) original tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. First Edition.

First edition of the author's masterpiece, a semi-autobiographical novel and his second book. Part of "The Saga of Arturo Bandini" set in Depression-Era California; basis for the 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. First issue jacket with $2.00 price on front flap.

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Jacket just lightly edge worn; slight separation in gutter at half title; book and jacket near fine.

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John Fante Ask the Dust first edition

Name: John Fante Ask the Dust first edition
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Price: 3000 USD
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