CYNICS. A NOVEL

New York:Albert and Charles Boni. 1930. 238pp. 1st edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. The purple cloth covered boards with just the faintest hint of soiling. Edges very slightly shelfworn. Internally, previous owners bookplate to inside front board, otherwise pages clean. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The dust jacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn with light wear to edges and seams (including a small tear or two) and a small hole to a spot on the spine strip. It is price clipped. A near fine copy with a very good dust jacket. *From the jacket " A literary surgeon makes a deep diagnostic incision into post-revolutionary life in Russia. In this brilliant novel, as acridly witty as has come out of Europe in many years, Marienhoff reveals the growth of the weary, disillusioned sophistication of the post-war years through the personalities of two members of the Moscow intelligentsia, whose poignant life-drama makes the story."