BURNETT, W. R.

£500 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Goodbye to the Past. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the half-title. This copy is from the collection of the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, with his posthumous bookplate. A "story of rugged individualism" (jacket), the novel is concerned with early American industry and community dynamics.William Riley Burnett (1899-1982) worked as both a novelist and a screenwriter. He received an Oscar nomination for his script Wake Island (1942).

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