Item #28546 GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT. Laura Z. Hobson.
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GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-275 [276-280], original beige cloth, front and spine stamped in green and gold. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by Hobson on the front free end paper, dated Feb. 5, 1947, in advance of the release date. Our research found a publication date of February 27, 1947, however we could not verify that with the Hobson archives at Columbia, but still in all likelihood this copy is from copies given to the author prepublication. Novel concerning anti-Semitism in contemporary America after World War II. First published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1946. It became a bestseller for Simon and Schuster and sold over two million copies, it won the Jewish Book Council award for best Jewish novel. Basis for the film starring Gregory Peck directed by Elia Kazan which won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture of the Year. The author's second novel. Cloth a little worn at corner tips and spine ends, spine a bit darkened, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear along the edges with some creasing and closed tears to bottom, chips at front corner tips, wear at spine ends with shallow chipping at upper spine, lower rear corner flap clipped. This copy has reviews to the back panel which some state to be a second issue jacket, however the inscription is dated 2/5/47 and the release date for the book was 2/27/47, so this is an early presentation copy. (28546). Item #28546

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