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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Re-Issued. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 205. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. PublisherÕs file copy from the archive at Gollancz with their neat stamp reading 'File Copy' on the front pastedown. Front panel of jacket stating 'second edition' with a quotation from Max Beerbohm - 'Ask the Young' is brilliant. Novel exposing the posturings of brothers Clancy and Reuben, the too-emancipated offspring of meek, prosperous American parents. Statement from a bio of Trites- "American expatriate author W. B. Trites. Although Trites was highly praised by such contemporaries as H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, W. B. Maxwell, Max Beerbohm, L. P. Hartley, and Frank Harris, among others, he remains curiously unknown today. His spare style, which predated Hemingway's by several decades, did not impress publishers accustomed to more expansive prose. Worse still, his prospects suffered from the forbidden social subjects that he dared to explore in a less open era, when publishers shied away from controversial topics. Richard Rex's masterful discussion of Trites's remarkable novels includes contemporary reviews, comments on the author's themes, his negotiations with publishers, and biographical details heretofore unknown.' Slight foxing at fore-edge, otherwise very good indeed in slightly short, very good d/w with faint edgewear. Very small number '29' at rear top inside corner of jacket, written by Gollancz on their file copies to note the year of publication.