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Unto the Sons - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Talese, Gay
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition and true first edition/first printing (preceding the trade edition.) SIGNED by author Gay Talese. This book has never been read and is in Fine condition; Storyteller Gay Talese tells the saga of his own family's emigration to America from Italy in the years preceding World War II. Ultimately his is the story of all immigrant families and the hope and sacrifice that took them from the familiarity of the old world into the mysteries and challenges of the new. A powerful portrayal of the Italian-American experience. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded, sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xviii], 635, [3] pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Unto the Sons is a 1992 book by Gay Talese. The book traces the origins of Talese's own family, beginning with his great-grandfather in Maida, Italy, his grandfather who immigrated to Pennsylvania and Talese's father, who immigrated to the United States separately following World War I.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20008
- Title
- Unto the Sons - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Talese, Gay
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Immigration Italy Immigrant History Saga Family, Biography Autobiography
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