The Promised Land - 1912
by Antin, Mary
Interweaving introspection with political commentaries, biography with history, The Promised Land (1912) brings to life the transformation of an East European Jewish immigrant into an American citizen. Mary Antin recounts "the process of uprooting, transportation, replanting, acclimitization, and development that took place in my own soul," and reveals the impact of a new culture and new standards of behavior on her family. A feeling of divisions—between Russia and America, Jews and Gentiles, Yiddish and English—ever-present in her narrative, is balanced by insights, amusing and serious, into ways to overcome them. In telling the story of one person, The Promised Land illuminates the lives of hundreds of thousands.
This Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics edition includes eighteen black-and-white photographs from the book's first edition and reprints for the first time Antin's essay "How I wrote The Promised Land."
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo, 373pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's pale blue/gray cloth, decorated in gilt. Inner hinges just starting, and the front gutter exposed at the frontispiece, else a sound, fresh example. Presentation copy, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Antin on the day of publication (per a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 373pp. Illustrated from photographs. Dark greenish-blue cloth stamped in gilt (also seen in pale blue and brownish-red cloth). Owner's early pencil name on front flyleaf, near fine without dust jacket. The autobiography of a Russian immigrant, Antin emigrated to the United States, with her family, in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 373p. A tan cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges rubbed and corners bumped; otherwise clean and tight. The Belarusian author's autobiography, focusing on her experience as an immigrant and the pressure to assimilate to American culture. Illustrated with black and white plates. Item Price
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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Published April 1912" with no additional printings listed. Hardcover, full blue cloth binding with gilt lettering & design, photographic plate illustrations, 8-1/4" tall, 373 pp. Moderate wear to corners, mild soiling to page edges, but generally a nice copy. From the Penguin Classics edition: "Mary Antin recounts "the process… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1912. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 373pp. Illustrated from photographs. Dark greenish-blue cloth stamped in gilt (also seen in pale blue and brownish-red cloth). Owner's early pencil name on front fly, a little foxed on the titlepage, else fine without dust jacket. The autobiography of a Russian immigrant, Antin emigrated to the United… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Promised Land: The Autobiography of a Russian Immigrant
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 373pp. Illustrated from photographs. Dark reddish-brown cloth stamped in gilt (also seen in pale blue and brownish-red cloth). Owner's early pencil name on front fly, slight wear on the boards, near fine without dust jacket. The autobiography of a Russian immigrant, Antin emigrated to the United States,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Green buckram, bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Bound with a touch of reading wear and a slight forward lean, frontispiece, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Antin's popular memoir of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. xv, 273 pages. Rebound in grey and green buckram. Condition is Very Good; exterior excellent, light water stains in lower margins of pages 239-289, otherwise pages are very clean, binding is tight. STK Item Price
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Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. Slate blue cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering. B&W photos frontis and illus. Condition is VERY GOOD ; wear to corners and ends of spine, a few spots on spine, covers clean. Tissue frontis guard good. Binding tight, text very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1912., 1912. First edition ("April, 1912"). 8vo. Frontispiece portrait and 17 illustrations from b/w photographs. 5 page introduction by the author. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Very good. 373 pages. No dust jacket. Previous owner's contemporary name and address on the front free endpaper: "Elizabeth Haight Sterling, July 31 - 1912. San Francisco." Printed… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Promised Land
by Antin, Mary (1881-1949)
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Boston, Mass. : Houghton Hifflin, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 373p.; illus with ports; 21cm. Subjects: Jews United States Biography. Immigrants United States ; Biography. Jews Poland P ock… Read more about this item Item Price
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