Introduction by john dos passos (8 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. First printing in this format. A firm, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Excellent New Slipcase. 1st Edition. SUPERB: BOLD: ACCOMPLISHED: INNOVATIVE: CLASSIC: NEW First Edition Library of America hardcover (Orig. 2003) First Printing: EXCELLENT NEW Library of America slipcase w/ double-ruled gilt borders & gilt LOA-logo on front panel & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW maroon silk-finish Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white-on-maroon patterned end-papers on heavy stock, NEW Smyth-sewn binding w/ tight signatures & maroon-white-checked banding at spine-caps w/ a maroon silk page-marking ribbon bound from the top, PRISTINE interior printed in 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB acid-free lightweight Domtar Literary Opaque archival paper * 5.0" x 8.08" x 1.00", 0.58 kg, viii+879+vii (894) pp. Slipcase: 5.30" x 8.48" x 1.16", 0.66 kg. * CONTENTS: Novels 1920-1925: One Man's Initiation: 1917 (1), Three Soldiers (87), Manhattan Transfer (477); Chronology (841), Note on the Texts (859), Notes (862) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Written in the decade before the publication of his famous U.S.A. trilogy, the 3 early novels collected in this Library of America volume record the emergence of John Dos Passos as a bold & accomplished chronicler of the upheavals of the early 20th century. Dos Passos drew upon his experiences as a volunteer ambulance driver serving near Verdun in writing "One Man's Initiation: 1917" (1920), in which an idealistic young American learns of the fear, uncertainty, & camaraderie of war through his encounters w/ French soldiers & civilians. The unexpurgated text presented in this edition restores passages censored by the novel's original publisher. In "Three Soldiers" (1921) Dos Passos engaged in a deeper exploration of World War I & its psychological impact upon an increasingly fractured civilization. The novel depicts the experiences of Fuselli, a store clerk from San Francisco pathetically eager to win promotion; Chrisfield, an Indiana farmer who comes to hate army discipline; & Andrews, an introspective aspiring composer from New York, as they fight in the final battles of the war & then confront a world in which an illusory peace offers little respite from the dehumanizing servility & regimentation of militarized life. Dos Passos described "Manhattan Transfer" (1925), a kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in the first two decades of the 20th century, as "utterly fantastic & New Yorkish." Drawing on the naturalism of Theodore Dreiser & the modernism of James Joyce, the novel follows the rising & falling fortunes of more than a dozen characters as they move through a bewildering maze of tenements & skyscrapers in which Wall Street speculators, theatrical celebrities, impoverished immigrants, & anarchist rebels all strive to make sense out of the chaos of modern urban existence. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: JOHN DOS PASSOS (1896-1970) was born in Chicago & graduated from Harvard in 1916. His service as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I led him to write "Three Soldiers" in 1919, the first in a series of works that established him as one of the most prolific, inventive, and influential American writers of the 20th century. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: Townsend Ludington is Cary C. Boshamer Professor of English & American Studies at the University of North Carolina & author of "John Dos Passos: A Twentieth Century Odyssey." * The LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, & keeping permanently in print, America's best & most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, & ribbon markers, & are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 511 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Lightly creased spine. Front cover lightly warped. Reginald Marsh (Illustrated by) (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 368 pages. 7.68x5.08x1.06 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. One of 365 copies, unnumbered. Near fine. No dustjacket, as issued. (box 48).

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Outside page ends have two water spots which penetrate to the inside a little. Page margins are lightly browned. ; Inscribed by the author to his niece on the upper margin of the first page "[For? ] Susan Smith Love, Uncle Bill". Not otherwise signed. ; Intorduction by Barry Goldwater, and foreword by John Dos Passos.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1959 stated first printing. No dust jacket. Priority shipping available on this item. ***No international shipping.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Limited Edition. Copy number 10 of 15 presentation copies (of a total run of 365 copies). This copy inscribed to Alan Becker and signed by Jack Potter, dated January 24, 1950. Alan Becker was a major supporter, fundraiser, and consultant to the San Francisco arts community. Fore edge uncut. Some fraying to top of spine, some scuffs to rear cover, else very good. Inscribed by Author(s).…