Goodbye, Columbus
by Roth, Philip
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Black cloth, stamped in yellow and white on spine. Fine in illustrated dust jacket with light shelf wear to edges
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 367888
- Title
- Goodbye, Columbus
- Author
- Roth, Philip
- Format/Binding
- 298 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Black cloth, stamped in yellow and white on spine. Fine in illustrated dust jacket with light shelf wear to edges
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, review copy, with slip
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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