THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
by West, Nathanael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 238 pages. In Very Good condition, lacking dust jacket, with red case and chemise in Very Good condition. Wooden case painted red with red leather labels and gilt titling to spine. Volume bound in full red cloth with orange paper label and black titling to spine. Covers protected with a mylar wrapper. Some fading to spine of volume. Upper edge of text block dyed navy. Black and white photograph of West loose with volume. Pages clean. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1345760. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West, set in Hollywood, California during the Great Depression, depicting the alienation and desperation of a disparate group of individuals who exist at the fringes of the movie industry. Time magazine included the novel in its list of 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005, and noted critic Harold Bloom included it in his list of canonical works in the book The Western Canon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1345760
- Title
- THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
- Author
- West, Nathanael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...