Tom Mayer Bubble Gum & Kipling First Edition and 12 similar items

BUBBLE GUM AND KIPLING by Tom Mayer. New York: The Viking Press, (1964). First edition, first printing. "First published in 1964 by the Viking Press, Inc." statement to the copyright page, $3.95 to the jacket's flap. The 'Homecoming', one of the nine stories in this collection earned an O. Henry Award. The expert pilot, English professor and author's first book is a collection of interconnected stories, some spiced with humor, featuring Jerry Gordon as he grows up, and continually learns life lessons, and into adulthood. He is his brother's trainer for a grudge fight, engages in his first rodeo, deals with his father's death, sees that a bar fight has real blood, and more. Fine in khaki linen with orange and burgundy embossed titles to the spine, upper page edges burgundy; in a near fine dust jacket with a short creased tear to the upper front panel edge, and slight fading to the spine panel. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, removable protective sleeve after scanning for this entry. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FICTION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.