Revolutionary Road
by Yates, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter red paper spine over black paper boards, titled in gilt. Stated first edition. PO name to ffep, small spot to textblock edge. Sound binding. The DJ in mylar with flap price of $4.75 intact is toned and has a chip at spine head. A square tight copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Revolutionary Road, the first novel of author Richard Yates, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962 along with Catch-22 and The Moviegoer. When it was published by Atlantic-Little, Brown in 1961, it received critical acclaim, and the New York Times reviewed it as "beautifully crafted... a remarkable and deeply troubling book. " In 2005 the novel was chosen by Time as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19717
- Title
- Revolutionary Road
- Author
- Yates, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1961
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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