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O’HARA, John (1905-1970). Pal Joey. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1940]. 8vo. 195, [5, blank] pp. Publisher’s full black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, publisher’s unclipped (“$2.00”) dust jacket (light rubbing, occasional bubbling to binding, endleaves a bit toned; jacket spine sunned, some edgewear, soiling, verso foxed). Very good. With the ownership inkstamp of Sidney C. Austin on the title-page and his embossed stamp on the half-title. FIRST EDITION. This epistolary collection of short stories was the basis of the 1940 stage musical and the 1957 film starring Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth.