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The Living is Easy
by West, Dorothy
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948. First edition. First edition. [iv], 347 pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with crimson lettering. Near Fine with a little staining to fore edge, gutter a little rubbed, lacking jacket. A very crisp, clean copy.
The uncommon debut novel by a writer generally associated with the Harlem Renaissance for her association with Langston Hughes and other figures of the movement, as well as the literary magazine Challenge she published during the Great Depression. In their 2020 reprint of this novel The Feminist Press writes, "Written in elegant and piercing prose, The Living Is Easy is a classic of American literature by a groundbreaking African American woman writer whose work deserves widespread and enduring recognition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140944513
- Title
- The Living is Easy
- Author
- West, Dorothy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Harlem Renaissance, Black, fiction, debut novels, The Feminist Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
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About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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