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BOUND FOR GLORY
by GUTHRIE, Woody
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Small owner's address label on the front endpaper, gilt on the front cover and spine strong. The dustwrapper is bright and attra
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Small owner's address label on the front endpaper, gilt on the front cover and spine strong. The dustwrapper is bright and attractive free from any major defect but for a large chip at the head of the spine, extending to 1-3/4" at its deepest and obliterating nearly all of the title. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Autobiography and first book by one of our greatest songwriters, author of this country's unofficial national anthem, "This Land Is Your Land." This title, quite scarce in the first edition, especially in dustwrapper, served as the basis for the Hal Ashby film starring David Carradine.
Bob Dylan, in his autobiography CHRONICLES, recounts reading BOUND FOR GLORY for the first time: "I went through it from cover to cover like a hurricane, totally focused on every word, and the book sang out to me like the radio.... BOUND FOR GLORY is a hell of a book. It's huge. Almost too big."
Bob Dylan, in his autobiography CHRONICLES, recounts reading BOUND FOR GLORY for the first time: "I went through it from cover to cover like a hurricane, totally focused on every word, and the book sang out to me like the radio.... BOUND FOR GLORY is a hell of a book. It's huge. Almost too big."
Synopsis
First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all. One of Guthrie's first published writings, it is an important artifact of musical and political history, and a precedent for Guthrie's long lost novel, House of Earth , to be published in 2013 and edited by Johnny Depp and Douglas Brinkley.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015342
- Title
- BOUND FOR GLORY
- Author
- GUTHRIE, Woody
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Small owner's address label on the front endpaper, gilt on the front cover and spine strong. The dustwrapper is bright and attra
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Folk Music, Radical Literature, Autobiography, Modern Firsts, Americana, First Book, Modern First Editions
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Book; Autobiography; Folk Music;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Dustwrapper
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- Gilt
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