Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
by Roth, Philip
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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About This Item
NY: Modern Library; (1966). First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Stated "First Modern Library Edition, September, 1966". Fine in a very good+ dust jacket. The price clipped jacket has just minor wear at the spine ends. Toledano 13 spine (dark maroon cloth) with plain white endpapers; no names or other marking in or on the book.
Synopsis
Goodbye, Columbus (1959) is the title of the first book published by the American novelist Philip Roth, a collection of six stories. In addition to its title novella, set in New Jersey, Goodbye, Columbus contains the five short stories "The Conversion of the Jews," "Defender of the Faith," "Epstein," "You Can't Tell a Man by the Song He Sings," and "Eli, the Fanatic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023872
- Title
- Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
- Author
- Roth, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Modern Library; (1966)
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Library;
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Tulsa Books
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- Fine
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- Spine
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