U.S.A. (The 42nd Parallel, 1919, The Big Money)(3 volume set, in slipcase)
by Dos Passos, John ; illustrated by Reginald Marsh
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good+
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin: The Riverside Press, 1946. 1st illustrated edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good+. 1st illustrated edition. 3 volume set, in slipcase. A Near Fine set, in Good to Very Good dust jackets, housed in the publisher's Good slipcase. Tall 8vos. Tan cloth with USA in red stenciled lettering on blue fields; in pictorial dust jackets. The ligh tblue slipcase has a red paper title label; slipcase is soiled, with splits along its back edges and chipping at its opening.. The dj are Very Good, with a little wear at the spine's crown and tail, with the exception of THE BIG MONEY, which has a couple of closed tears, and creases at the torn flap. The dj's are now protected in mylar. The trilogy is written in an experimental style, following 12 characters, and uses, letters, song lyrics, newsreels, and the 'Camera Eye' to tell its story of life in America, before and after the Great War. An American epic, it lands regularly on lists of the 100 best English Language novels of the 30th century.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24075
- Title
- U.S.A. (The 42nd Parallel, 1919, The Big Money)(3 volume set, in slipcase)
- Author
- Dos Passos, John ; illustrated by Reginald Marsh
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st illustrated edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin: The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- fiction, american, 20th century, epic
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rougemont, North Carolina
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.