Manhattan Transfer
by Dos Passos, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth with yellow title boxes titled in black. Stated first edition k-z. Spine ends/points mildly rubbed/frayed, spine title box foxed, a few spots to boards, very slightly cocked. PO name/small stamp to ffep. Hinge starting page 121, pages mildly toned, slight foxing to rear endpage. The DJ in mylar is separated into two parts at spine, chipped at spine ends, toned/slightly spotted at spine, rubbed through at flap fold and points. Flap price of $2.00 intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Considered by many to be John Dos Passos's greatest work, Manhattan Transfer is an "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it. More than seventy-five years after its first publication, Manhattan Transfer still stands as "a novel of the very first importance" (Sinclair Lewis). It is a masterpeice of modern fiction and a lasting tribute to the dual-edged nature of the American dream.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20967
- Title
- Manhattan Transfer
- Author
- Dos Passos, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1925
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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