1961 Midcentury John Dos Passos Signed Presentation Copy First Ed

Description: Click here to see our other books! Midcentury John Dos Passos 1961 Houghton Mifflin Company : Boston 9" by 6" [9], x-xii, [3], 4-496pp SUMMARY A signed first edition copy of Dos Passos' unique historical fiction novel, in which he imagines the internal thoughts of various notable figures of the twentieth century. Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 23.99 EU Postage: £ 18.99 European Postage: £ 19.99 Asia Postage: £ 31.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 32.99 DESCRIPTION First Edition, Fourth Printing. Signed by the author to the half-title page, stating 'To Hamil Westwood, belated New Year's Greetings 1962'.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is a unique work of historical fiction by John Dos Passos, in which the author fuses the genres of biography, history, and fiction to 'conjecture about the private thoughts and lives of ordinary figures'. Some of these literary profiles were originally published as articles in Esquire and True magazine, including meditations of James Dean, Eleanor Roosevelt, and William F. Dean. John Dos Passos (1896-1970) was an American novelist who was best known for his U.S.A. trilogy, which includes 'The 42nd Parallel', '1919', and 'The Big Money'. Collated, complete. CONDITION In the original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minimal bumping to extremities and head and tail of spine. A few marks to the bottom of the front board. Dust wrapper is very smart, with a few marks to wraps and fading to the spine region. Light age toning particularly to the margins of the fly leaves and the top edge of the reverse of wraps. Minimal chipping to spine region with a couple of very small closed tears. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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