Call it Sleep
by Henry Roth
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Robert O. Ballou, 1935. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Robert O. Ballou [1935], New York, 1935. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine in a very good dust jacket. 8vo. The second printing of the first edition of this classic novel of Jewish immigrant life in America was issued but one month after the first. Comes with a bookplate signed by the author, laid-in. A viable alternative to the rare (and expensive) first printing. First edition, second printing, of the author's first book.
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
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106923
- Title
- Call it Sleep
- Author
- Henry Roth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Robert O. Ballou
- Date Published
- 1935
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- Laid-in
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- New
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