NMLP P-039216 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Ask the Dust

John Fante · Stackpole Sons, New York · 1939

First-issue dust jacket is burnt red with contrasting spine lettering and advertises only Fante's preceding novel, 'Wait Until Spring, Bandini'

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-039216 for "Ask the Dust" by John Fante (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039216, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).