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Dial Press, 1111. Paperback. Acceptable. Armed Services Edition. 415 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Lettering is darkened. Minor splits to spine ends and corners. Visible wear marks to covers.

Editions for the Armed Services. Collectible - Very Good. New York: Editions for the Armed Services, 1945. Armed Services Edition. 48mo paperback. 414pp. Near Good book. Tears to head of spine. (Short Stories, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Dial Press. New York. 1941. Very good green boards with black lettering and drawing of "Moreover" on front. Price clipped jacket is likewise very good with light shelf wear and some age toning to interior of jacket flaps. Stated as First Printing on copyright page.
James Street (1903-1954) worked as a journalist before deciding to become a Baptist minister. Unhappy with the job he quit and went back to journalism. He wrote a short story that was published by Cosmopolitan magazine that was later turned into a hit movie (Nothing Sacred) by David Selznick. A Broadway musical (Hazel Flagg) followed, then another short story was turned into a movie (Living It Up) starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. He later went on to write books about boys and dogs.
The Biscuit Eater was made into a movie in 1940 and again in 1972. Another book (Good-bye, My Lady) was made into a movie in 1956. Young Lonnie wants a dog of his own and so has to raise the runt of the litter. Any dog that eats chicken eggs is called a… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 1941. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Dial Press, 1941. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 88 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with "$2.00" price present. Green boards stamped in black. Dust jacket toned along edges and spine with chip to center of front panel along spine; general rubbing. Boards lightly shelfworn; spine ends nudged; corners slightly bowed. Binding is sound. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown but interior otherwise unmarked. Originally published as a short story in the Saturday Evening Post in 1939, "The Biscuit Eater" was made into a film in 1940, published in book form the year following (this edition) and also remade into another film in 1972. A Very Good copy.

New York: The Dial Press, 1941. Black and white illustrations. 88 pages. White endpapers. Green cloth with black lettering and illustration on front board. Corners and spine ends show signs of very slight wear. DJ has full colour illustration of two boys and dog on front; black and white photo and biography of author on back. DJ shows sign of light wear to corners, spine and spine. NEAR FINE/VG+.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Illus. by Fuller, Arthur.