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Look Homeward, Angel.: A Story of the Buried Life. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline.
by WOLFE, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1957. A handsomely bound copy of Gorsline's illustrated edition of Thomas Wolfe's first novel. Douglas Gorsline (1913-1985) was an American writer and artist who illustrated several children's books, including The Night Before Christmas, Christopher Morley's The Haunted Bookshop, and his own novel Farm Boy. This is the only Wolfe novel illustrated by Gorsline, and this illustrated edition was first published in 1947. Octavo (239 x 169). Contemporary red morocco by Maurin, titles to spine in gilt, five raised bands tooled in gilt, floral motif in gilt in compartments, two-line ruled border in gilt to covers, scrolling foliate turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, red silk bookmark. 12 plates, numerous illustrations to text. A fine copy.
Synopsis
Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American Bildungsroman. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time from Gant's birth to the age of 19. The setting is the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, which is considered to be a not-so-subtle mirror of his hometown, Asheville, North Carolina.
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- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139690
- Title
- Look Homeward, Angel.
- Author
- WOLFE, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Date Published
- 1957
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
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