WAIT UNTIL SPRING BANDINI
New York, NY: Stackpole Sons, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 266 pages. In Good condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with aged white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$2.50", has mild shelving wear, mild wear along the extremities, chipping along the front and spine head and tail edges, stains on the rear cover, and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the extremities, moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges, and a dent on the front head edge. Textblock has splitting to gutter from pages 97-144, a large adhesive stain on the rear end-page, adhesive stains along the pastedown and front end-page, pencil marks on the front end-page, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 6.
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Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $900
NOTES
John Fante was born April 8, 1909 in Denver, Colorado to parents of Italian descent. He would drop out of college in 1929 and hitchhiked to LA to focus on writing. After several unsuccessful attempts to publish stories in the literary magazine "The American Mercury", Fante found success with "The Altar Boy". This opened further avenues for Fante, who got his first novel "Wait Until Spring Bandini" published in 1938. "Wait Until Spring Bandini" was met with minor success, receiving some minor positive reviews. After the success of "Ask the Dust", "Wait Until Spring Bandini" saw more interest, being the first in "The Bandini Quartet", a series following Arturo Bandini, Fante's alter ego character. "Wait Until Spring Bandini" saw a film adaptation in 1989 starring Joe Mantegna and Faye Dunaway. It would win the 1989 André Cavens Award for Best Film.