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Call It Sleep
by Henry Roth
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No dust jacket issued; matching slipcase in Near Fine condition
- Seller
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SANDY, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1995. Limited Signed and Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No dust jacket issued; matching slipcase in Near Fine condition. Book in very fine condition with no flaws. The author has signed and numbered this edition. Signed "Henry Roth" and numbered as 88 out of 300 copies. Illustrated with 48 photographs set in New York City during the time period of the story. The cloth boards depict a brick building with large four pane windows, matching the design of the slipcase.
There were an additional 26 lettered publication copies.
Slip case shows the faintest hints of smudging, small bump to back end corner, small wrinkle to top of spine. Spine of slipcase mimics a building facade with the title encased in a business/apartment marquee.
Published by the incredible Arion press, true masters of modern book making. Referred to as "allusive printing" as their book making choices are related to themes or aspects of the book's content/story. Book designed by Andrew Hoyem. Text type is Bulmer, paper is German mouldmade Zerkall for exquisite quality. Photographs printed in duotone offset lithography by Phelps-Schaefer. This is the 45th title published by Arion Press.
There were an additional 26 lettered publication copies.
Slip case shows the faintest hints of smudging, small bump to back end corner, small wrinkle to top of spine. Spine of slipcase mimics a building facade with the title encased in a business/apartment marquee.
Published by the incredible Arion press, true masters of modern book making. Referred to as "allusive printing" as their book making choices are related to themes or aspects of the book's content/story. Book designed by Andrew Hoyem. Text type is Bulmer, paper is German mouldmade Zerkall for exquisite quality. Photographs printed in duotone offset lithography by Phelps-Schaefer. This is the 45th title published by Arion Press.
Synopsis
Call It Sleep is a 1934 novel by Henry Roth. Time magazine described it as "The story of three years in the life of a sensitive Jewish slum-child, told with painstaking and pain-giving fidelity," in the February 25, 1935 edition. While the book sold poorly upon its initial publication, the book received a second life when it was reviewed by literary critic Irving Howe on the front page of The New York Times Book Review on October 25, 1964, and has since sold over a million copies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parrish Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4816
- Title
- Call It Sleep
- Author
- Henry Roth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket issued; matching slipcase in Near Fine condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Signed and Numbered Edition
- Publisher
- Arion Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1995
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About the Seller
Parrish Books
Biblio member since 2006
SANDY, Oregon
About Parrish Books
Parrish Books is a full-time on-line dealer in fine collectible books in business since 2002. With specialities in signed limited editions and many favorite authors including Ray Bradbury, Richard Bach, Tom Clancy, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendak. We specialize in exceptional customer service and quality packaging of all orders.
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