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REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

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REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

by Yates, Richard

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1961. Stated First edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. 8vo. Quarter red cloth and black boards, with gilt lettering. 337 pages. An Advance Review Copy in promotional dust-jacket. No names, remainder marks, or marks to text. Spine [blank] and flap folds of dust-jacket are slightly toned, with a tiny chip at spine tail.

A Fine copy in special dust-jacket of Yates' first novel.

Synopsis

Revolutionary Road, the first novel of author Richard Yates, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962 along with Catch-22 and The Moviegoer. When it was published by Atlantic-Little, Brown in 1961, it received critical acclaim, and the New York Times reviewed it as "beautifully crafted... a remarkable and deeply troubling book. " In 2005 the novel was chosen by Time as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.

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Bookseller
Waugh Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
000489
Title
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Author
Yates, Richard
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
very good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Stated First edition
Publisher
Little, Brown
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1961
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
General; Classics

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Cloth
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Gilt
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Fine
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First Edition
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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....
Tail
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Remainder
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