8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth with horizontal black cloth band, upper cover and spine gilt-lettered (spine slightly faded); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping to corners and spine ends, some overall toning). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signatures on title-page and pastedown).

FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. Pylon is the story of a group of barnstormers whose lives are thoroughly unconventional. They live hand-to-mouth, always just a step or two ahead of destitution, and their interpersonal relationships are unorthodox and shocking by the standards of their society and times. The novel provided the basis for the 1958 film The Tarnished Angels, directed by Douglas Sirk. Petersen A17.1c.