New York: Greenberg: Publisher, 1936. 248 pp. Original tan cloth lettered in black. First edition. Near Fine with former owner's name penned on front free endpaper and rear paste down, a little dampstaining to fore edge of back board. In Very Good original, unclipped ($2.00) pictorial dust jacket, chipped at head, spine panel a bit dulled, small scratch with closed tear to middle of front panel with small tape mend to verso, lightly edge worn; presents well. Uncommon in a presentable jacket.
Ex-hobo-turned-author Jim Tully (best-known for his road memoir Beggars of Life) was also an ex-boxer; this novel was inspired by his experiences in the ring. Likewise, the novel Circus Parade was inspired by his time with a circus. His time as a tree-surgeon, though, unfortunately never inspired a novel. One imagines it would have had a title like The Pruner or perhaps Climbers of Bark...
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