The 42nd Parallel
by John Dos Passos
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/Fair
- Seller
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Wilmette, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
"The 42nd Parallel"
by John Dos Passos
c: 1940
Vintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket
7 3/4" x 5 1/2"
426 Pages
The jacket is in fair condition with edge rips, tears, stains and overall wear. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition, free from rips, tear, bends, and writing. There are a few minor stains and a tiny edge tear on 329. The boards are in good minus condition with edge wear, some stains along the gutter and a bump on the bottom front. The paper label on the spine is in good condition. The binding is tight and square.
Synopsis
The 42nd Parallel was first published in 1930, as the first part of the U.S.A. Trilogy that covers the development of American society during the first three decades of the twentieth century. John Dos Passos uses different narrative techniques to evoke the emotions of the reader in this experimental series. The twelve characters in the trilogy are introduced via fictional narratives telling their life stories, newspaper clippings, song lyrics, short biographies of figures from the public eye, and the characters' own autobiographical stream of consciousness writing.
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- Bookseller
- Dara's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 372
- Title
- The 42nd Parallel
- Author
- John Dos Passos
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Greenberg Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 426
- Size
- 7 3/4" x 5 1/2"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novel;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.