Description
Signed by illustrator John Register, a limited edition printing of Prologue to Ask the Dust by John Fante.
Folio, [unpaginated]. Full blue cloth, title printed on labels affixed to front cover and spine. Fine condition. Housed in the publisher’s matching blue cloth slipcase, Complete with seven etchings by John Register, printed from copper plates.
One of 110 bound books, with 75 available for public sale, this one listed as a “Presentation Proof.” Signed by John Register on the limitation page.
This “Prologue” was composed by John Fante in 1938 as a letter to his editor at Stackpole Sons after the publication of his first novel, Wait Until Spring Breaks Bandini. The letter was likely written to reignite the agency’s interest in another novel from Fante, which would eventually become Ask the Dust. The letter was never sent, but was later discovered by Fante’s widow in 1983.
