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1931. New York: Frederick A. Stokes. 1931. 8vo. Original limp cover with pictorial dust jacket pasted on at spine; "Pub'n Date Aug 20 1931" stamped on preliminary blank; Housed within red quarter morocco publishers folding box with five raised panels to spine; title plus 'First Edition' lettered in gilt to spine; pp.(8) ix-xxii (2) 3-313 (3); dust jacket slightly soiled and spine chipped at head and foot; minor indents to text block and extremities demonstrating some minor loss; a little creasing to reverse endpapers and dust jacket; otherwise very good copy of a scarce edition. Advance Proof Copy of Damon Runyon's classic. We have been unable to locate any other example of this binding variant. There are other examples of advance copies in a traditional cloth binding with the dust wrapper while the first softback edition has a completely different design, making this an extremely scarce publishing anomaly. Guys and Dolls is a collection of thirteen short stories written…

Guys and Dolls is a collection of short stories by Damon Runyon. The stories have been the basis for stage and film adaptations, including the well-known Broadway musical and film 'Guys and Dolls'.