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228 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards with quarter brown spine and dark green lettering to spine label and cover. First edition, first issue. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Corners bumped and slightly chipped, spine heal rubbed, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
Dawn: A Hitory of Myself by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945) - 1931
by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945)
Dawn: A Hitory of Myself
by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
589 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with black lettering spine over red boards lettered in gilt.
Dawn, the journalist turned novelist Theodore Dreiser's brutally candid autobiography of his first nineteen years (1871-1890), was composed between 1912 and 1915, but withheld by Dreiser due to his misgivings about the potential impact of its frank revelations of adolescent sexuality, daring even by today's standards. On its eventual publication in 1931, critics recognized the book as an American classic, comparing it to Rousseau's Confessions and The Education of Henry Adams. The new Black Sparrow edition, with notes, index, and appendices, makes available Dreiser's powerful account of a difficult childhood spent struggling to rise out of impoverished and sordid surroundings. Condition: Previous owner's name on front end paper, corners bumped and rubbed through, spine sunned and rubbed, edges and covers rubbed small dots next to books by the author, soiled, covers scared or else a fair copy.
Dawn, the journalist turned novelist Theodore Dreiser's brutally candid autobiography of his first nineteen years (1871-1890), was composed between 1912 and 1915, but withheld by Dreiser due to his misgivings about the potential impact of its frank revelations of adolescent sexuality, daring even by today's standards. On its eventual publication in 1931, critics recognized the book as an American classic, comparing it to Rousseau's Confessions and The Education of Henry Adams. The new Black Sparrow edition, with notes, index, and appendices, makes available Dreiser's powerful account of a difficult childhood spent struggling to rise out of impoverished and sordid surroundings. Condition: Previous owner's name on front end paper, corners bumped and rubbed through, spine sunned and rubbed, edges and covers rubbed small dots next to books by the author, soiled, covers scared or else a fair copy.
- Bookseller The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Fair
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Horace Liveright Inc
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1931
- Size Royal octavo