SAROYAN, WILLIAM — The Human Comedy

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1943. Hardcover. A later printing of William Saroyan's first novel, which is the story of an American family during World War II. The main character is young Homer, a telegraph delivery boy in this humorous but sometimes heart-wrenching story. Illustrated with line drawings by Don Freeman. This work was made into a popular movie which won Saroyan an Academy Award for his screenplay. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with Freeman drawing of Homer on cover, titling & drawing in black to spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With sunned spine, strip of sunning to cover and spots from a spilled liquid to covers, else a tightly-bound, unmarked, sound copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; ix, 291 pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .