Nevin Busch (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 377 pp. The story is set in San Francisco in the early 1900s and follows the lives of two families, the wealthy and influential Sutro family and the working-class O'Connors. The novel explores the societal and economic differences between the two families and the impact it has on their relationships. The Sutro family is led by patriarch Adolph Sutro, a wealthy businessman and former mayor of San Francisco. His daughter, Lorraine, is a beautiful and headstrong young woman who is torn between her love for her father and her desire for independence. The O'Connors, on the other hand, are struggling to make ends meet.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition: The Author's First Book. Brick red cloth with gilt spine titles. A near fine copy; lacking the dust jacket. Presentation copy with a SIGNED inscription (1941) to director and screenwriter Jean Negulesco with an additional note also SIGNED by the author laid in. Niven Busch (1903-1991) was a successful novelist and screenwriter. He was married to actress Teresa Wright and wrote the screenplay for The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). His first novel is a thriller set in Germany with a woman "lost in a maze of evil." "Written and published at the outbreak of World War II, The Carrington Incident, is a staggering forecast of the events in Germany that were already in motion and about to stun the world.". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Copyright date 1944, first edition, first printing. And cloth over boards with red lettering and design on the spine. No tears, bent pages. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe the spine are moderate with light bumps to the head and toe the spine. Tinted top page edges. Dust jacket, wear to the edges with chips the head and toe the spine and out of the upper right of the inside front flap. Wear to the front and back fore edges. Dust jacket now in a clear cover. Text remains bright and clean, binding is secure, a scarce novel about the Western.