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THE DAY OF THE LOCUST.
by WEST, Nathanael
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
FIRST EDITION (UK) in dust jacket. The book is fine, SIGNED by Irwin Kremen, an American artist on the FFEP. The dust jacket has a short tear at the foot of the front panel and has mild darkening to the spine. Although the American edition would be the first, I find this dust jacket more interesting. I was shown the following association inscription in another copy of this book: 'I was with 'Pop' West, as we called him, when this book arrived from Random House with a red jacket he detested. Nothing ever seemed to go right for Pop, until his post-mortem renaissance./But we believed in him then./Budd Schulberg'
Synopsis
The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West, set in Hollywood, California during the Great Depression, depicting the alienation and desperation of a disparate group of individuals who exist at the fringes of the movie industry. Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, and noted critic Harold Bloom included it in his list of canonical works in the book The Western Canon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MONROE STAHR BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20221919330
- Title
- THE DAY OF THE LOCUST.
- Author
- WEST, Nathanael
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Grey Walls Press
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hollywood Novel; Filmed Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hollywood Novels; Filmed Literature;
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About the Seller
MONROE STAHR BOOKS
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Sherman Oaks, California
About MONROE STAHR BOOKS
Specializing in modern first editions, novels about Hollywood, African American literature, and the Countculture.
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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