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Call It Sleep.: Foreword by Walter Allen.
by ROTH, Henry
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- Paperback
- Signed
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc.,, 1965. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "To Kenton Morse, ''Tis here! 'Tis here! 'Tis Gone!' Affectionately, Henry Roth." It is accompanied by a typed and signed postcard from Roth to Kenton Morse, in which he writes that has "discouraged at first about dramatic 'form', but easier now though not voluble enough." The book was originally published in the US in 1934, but, though well-received critically, sales were poor and the book went out of print for 25 years. In 1964, the book was re-published in paperback by Avon Books, and sold over a million copies. This edition, issued a year later, features a critical introduction by Maxwell Geismar. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. Small mark to rear cover, some light spotting to edges of text block, a very good copy in the slightly soiled jacket with some loss to spine ends and some shallow chips and tears to extremities.
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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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109776
- Title
- Call It Sleep.
- Author
- ROTH, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Place of Publication
- New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc.,
- Date Published
- 1965
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Poor
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