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First US edition, first printing of Powell's first novel. The UK edition was published the previous year by Gerald Duckworth and Company, London. Octavo. Original light grey-green cloth, titles to spine in blue. With dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Front board and spine ends slightly bumped, small white stain to bottom corner of rear board, edges and endpapers lightly toned. An excellent copy in a worn jacket with rubbed and chipped extremities, a small dark mark to front panel, a couple of short splits to head of spine, front flap torn off and loosely inserted. Lilley A.1e

Anthony Powell's first novel, 'Afternoon Men', is a satirical take on the lives of young adults in 1930s London. The book introduces themes of social interaction and ennui that are central to Powell's later works.