The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1961 • Signet pl travers a race of conquerors celebrates

a race of conquerors celebrates its triumph and reaps the horror of its glory

*Name and stamp on first page

the children in town heard a haunting melody rippling on the wind

Shelf / rub wear to cover and some creasing to spine

Fifteen short stories by Anaïs Nin published posthumously in 1977 - though largely written in the 1940s as erotica for a private collector

The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1961 • Signet pl travers a race of conquerors celebratesThe Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING [1961] SIGNET BOOKS Incredibly rare first Signet mass market printing w great illustrated cover. Book is in stunning condition. Clean, tight and seemingly unread with some light shelf wear to cover. A hugely entertaining novel of sex, lies and Americans in Paris, dripping with the sarcasm those Americans are not supposed to have. The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication