John O'Hara — A Rage to Live

New York, Random House, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon limited edition 'Presentation Edition' of John O'Hara's best-selling novel about mid twentieth century American society. The first edition, first printing.The uncommon 'Presentation Edition' of this work, one of 750 advance copies produced for distribution to American booksellers.Set in the fictional Fort Penn, PA, O'Hara's novel depicts a wealth of characters in different rungs of American society, working as an impressive social chronicle.The book achieved commercial success, appearing at fourth place in Publishers Weekly's list of the top ten best-selling fiction works in the United States in the year 1949. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .