Lust for Life, Inscribed to Paul Darrow and his Family, 1939.
Inscribed to Paul Darrow and His Family Stone, Irving [1903-1989]. Lust for Life: The Novel of Vincent van Gogh. New York: The Modern Library, 1939. x, [2], 489 pp. Publisher's cloth, blind frames and gilt symbol to front board, gilt title to spine. Light fading to exterior, somewhat heavier to spine, spine gilt mostly oxidized, front joint starting, wear to spine ends, front hinge nearly split, internally clean. Presentation inscription to front free endpaper: "To the Paul Darrows-/ and to Mary-/ because I have the/ warmest hopes that they/ will be my friends./ Irving Stone/ Chicago/ Nov. 20, 1939." $150. * Later edition. First published in 1934, this biographical novel based on the life of Vincent van Gogh was one of Stone's most famous works. He would go on to write Clarence Darrow for the Defense (1941), a well-received biography of the great American attorney. This copy is inscribed to Paul Darrow and his wife and daughter, perhaps as Stone was beginning to plan his Darrow biography. Paul Darrow [1883-1956] was Darrow's only child and a businessman in Chicago for most of his adult life.
Price: $150.00
Book number 77723