THE BATTLE OF THE WILD TURKEY AND OTHER TALES.
by Johnson, Alvin
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good dust jacket (slight discoloration to the endpapers from the clippings, a little wear to the dj at the top/very good
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About This Item
New York:: Atheneum,, 1961.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (slight discoloration to the endpapers from the clippings, a little wear to the dj at the top of the spine.). First printing. A wonderful collection of short stories, most set on the Nebraska plains in the late 1800's, published when the author was 86. INSCRIBED on the blank prelim 'To Calvin J. Nichols, with the warmest regards of Alvin Johnson.' Johnson is best known for his founding of the New School for Social Research in 1919, but in 1933, he created a 'university in exile' as a haven for scholars who fled from Nazi persecution. Laid in are newpaper obituaries for Johnson (1971.)
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
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- 20575
- Title
- THE BATTLE OF THE WILD TURKEY AND OTHER TALES.
- Author
- Johnson, Alvin
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good dust jacket (slight discoloration to the endpapers from the clippings, a little wear to the dj at the top
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Atheneum,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1961.
- Keywords
- nebraska, new school for social research,
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