The Reprieve [The Road to Freedom]
by Sartre, Jean-Paul; translated by Eric Sutton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Stated First American Edition (first printing) of the second only of Sartre's 'Road to Freedom' trilogy of Existentialist novels, grappling with young men coming of age and the great political problems facing Europe in the early twentieth century. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, but endsheets rather foxed, elegant typographic bookplate; jacket shows light wear, minor chipping, tanned spines with minor scuffs, a little foxing, $3.00 price intact; paper a bit tanned. Text clean; [6], 445 pages + colophon.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0846
- Title
- The Reprieve [The Road to Freedom]
- Author
- Sartre, Jean-Paul; translated by Eric Sutton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- Philosophy, Existentialism, Fiction, Literature, Europe, Coming of Age, Fascism, Communism, Liberty
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...