Bugles in the Night
$250 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed · In dust jacket
New York: Century Co, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. two small holes in the front gutter, else bright and very good in lightly toned, near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "9/14/27. Dear Mr. Jones: This is the second strike only. If on the third - but I'll brace myself for that. Benefield." The recipient was author and literary editor Llewellyn Jones. A novel of a Confederate veteran forced to leave the old folks' home in order to help a young girl brave the horrors of Brooklyn. Although little known today, Benefield was cited by Edward J. O'Brien, the short story anthologist, along with Ernest Hemingway, Sherwood Anderson and Manuel Komroff, as one of the four finest short story writers of the 1920s.
- Publisher: Century Co
- Year: 1927
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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