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N.Y.: Vanguard Press ND [ca. 1945]. Very Good-/No Jacket. Later Printing. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall Used VG- in cloth (sl stains/rub to covers; sl sun/spine). 8vo xiv,210pp Contain s 19 short pieces in all, chiefly on literary topics (references to Dreiser , Hemingway, James Joyce, Ring Lardner, Mark Twain, et al); also notable fo r the 2 essays on writing for films. Exterior as noted; previous owner's si gnature on front free endpaper and pen tick marks on contents, else VG.. Keywords: Fiction, &, Lit, Crit, Bio, FARRELL, JAMES, T, AMERICAN, LITERATURE, 20TH, CENTUR, Y, ESSAY, CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION.
The League of Frightened Philistines by Farrell, James T - 1945
by Farrell, James T
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The League of Frightened Philistines
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New York: Vanguard Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. "This book is a collection of papers and articles [James T. Farrell] has written over a number of years on a variety of topics." Ships same or next business day. Two bookplates on paste-down endpaper. Previous owner's information written in blue ink on paste-down endpaper. Spine is cocked and slightly loose, small bumps on bottom corners and spine head, head edge color faded near spine, discolored on head and tail edges, pages are lightly tanned but clean, tanning on endpapers along spine. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has edge and shelf wear, 1-inch chips on spine ends, 1-inch tears on corners, small chips on tail edge of front cover and head edge of back cover, tanned, price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages .
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The League of Frightened Philistines: And Other Papers
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New York: The Vanguard Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has some light chipping extremities, and is in a mylar protector. .
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1 . Hardbound. Very Good. and other papers. 1st ed. NY (Vanguard) (1945). A very good copy.
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LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED PHILISTINES
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Vanguard Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Literature, Book Reviewing) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Vanguard, 1945-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Minus/Poor. 0x0x0. Good first edition in poor price unclipped dust jacket ($2.75). Some wear, small tears evident at front hinge and title page. Previous owner's bookplate on free front endpaper.Jacket is poor with heavy wear, missing chunks, flaps repaired on reverse with archival quality tape. Currently protected in an archival quality clear Brodart cover. We use quality packaging materials. Scarce.
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THE LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED PHILISTINES; And Other Papers by James T. Farrell
by Farrell, James T
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London: Routledge, 1948. First British Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, "Proof Copy" 8vo, red cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with red lettering and rectangular rule surround on front cover, binder's slip stating "Owing to production delays / this book was not published / until 1948," xi + 194 pages. PRESENTATION COPY by Author of a SCARCE early collection of Farrell's essays probably delayed due to postwar paper shortages. James T. Farrell (1904-1979) was a prolific American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for his blue-collar, Irish-Catholic Depression-era stories set in Chicago. Farrell's best known works are a trilogy about the tough, gritty, initially promising though progressively tragic life (often autobiographical) of impoverished young, Irish-Catholic Studs Lonigan: Young Lonigan (1931), The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934), and Judgment Day…
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