Phillips Thomas Hal 1922 2007 (2 results)
Published by New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1955., 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition, first printing (with publisher's requisite statement for former on copyright page). [6], 248, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed; nicks/scuffs and some bumping at edges; toning to white rear panel and to spine's lettering; slender toning at flaps' top and bottom margins; front flap ret…ains its original printed price ($3.00); rear panel b/w portrait photo of author is credited to renowned New Orleans studio and streetscape photographer C. Bennette Moore. Black cloth spine with slight fraying at head; spine's gilt stamping remains vibrant; blue boards scuffed at corners with bottom corners also bumped. light toning to endpapers; interior leaves are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy in a still very good+ dust jacket. Although Harper's copyright page "G-E" letter code corresponds to July 1955 the book was evidently not released until August 24, 1955 per a Harper's review slip in a past inventory copy. An uncommon novel by Corinth, Mississippi-born author and Hollywood screenwriter Thomas Hal Phillips whose fiction efforts, although obscure, are highly regarded. THE LOVED AND THE UNLOVED was Phillips' fourth novel following THE BITTERWEED PATH (1950), THE GOLDEN LIE (1951), and SEARCH FOR A HERO (1952).
Published by New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1950., 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition (not stated but per presence of Rinehart logo upon copyright page). [6], 314 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.75cm. Lacks dust jacket rubbed. Black boards lightly rubbed; gilt and blue stamping to spine remains bright; slender scuffing at spine ends and at board corner tips. Some foxing/toning to text block edges… and endpapers; past owner's ink inscription on front pastedown; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A vey good+ copy. Exceptionally uncommon first novel by Corinth, Mississippi-born author and Hollywood screenwriter and actor Thomas Hal Phillips whose fiction efforts, although obscure, are highly regarded. A United States Navy World War II veteran and 1943 graduate of Mississippi State University, Phillips completed a master's degree in creative writing at the University of Alabama under the tutelage of renowned instructor Hudson Strode where his thesis evolved into this first novel which is among the earliest in the genre of American overtly themed gay literature and, in further challenging period stereotypes, being notable in both its Deep South setting and being by a southern author. Phillips followed THE BITTERWEED PATH with five other novels - THE GOLDEN LIE (1951), SEARCH FOR A HERO (1952), KANGAROO HOLLOW (1954), THE LOVED AND THE UNLOVED (1955), and RED MIDNIGHT (2002).