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Call It Sleep
by Roth, Henry
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Patterson: Pageant Books, Inc., 1960. Originally published in 1934, Roth's iconic novel has from the first moment been a critical success. First Edition copies are out of range for most collectors; but this reissue can stand as a good place-holder. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition Thus, including a History by Harold A. Ribalow; a Critical Introduction by Maxwell Geismar; and a Personal Appreciation by Meyer Levin. Light gray cloth binding with a spine label in black and gilt. Clean text; 599 pages. The dustjacket is unclipped (but the price has been crossed out); a bit of darkening of the spine and margins; there is some light chipping along the edges. In an archival plastic protector.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Call It Sleep is a 1934 novel by Henry Roth. Time magazine described it as "The story of three years in the life of a sensitive Jewish slum-child, told with painstaking and pain-giving fidelity," in the February 25, 1935 edition. While the book sold poorly upon its initial publication, the book received a second life when it was reviewed by literary critic Irving Howe on the front page of The New York Times Book Review on October 25, 1964, and has since sold over a million copies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004096
- Title
- Call It Sleep
- Author
- Roth, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Pageant Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Patterson
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Jewish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Chipping
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Fine
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