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The 42nd Parallel (First Edition, Association copy, inscribed by the author to George Middleton and Fola La Follette)
by John Dos Passos
- Used
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1930. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by the author to playwright George Middleton and his wife, activist and actress Fola La Follette: "To George Middleton / and Fola La Follette / affectionately / John Dos Passos / Santa Monica / April '32."
Middleton's nephew David's ownership stamp on the front pastedown.
New Jersey-born playwright, director, and producer George Middleton served as president of the Dramatists Guild of America from 1927 to 1929. He is perhaps best remembered today for his instrumental role in creating the Minimum Basic Agreement, a collective bargaining agreement that covers benefits, rights, and protections for Writers Guild of America members. Middleton was also known for his collaborations with Guy Bolton, including the successful 1917 stage comedy "Polly With a Past," basis for the 1920 film adaptation.
The daughter of Senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette and women's suffrage leader Belle Case, Flora Dodge "Fola" La Follette was a stage actress, teacher, and writer as well as an activist for the women's suffrage and labor movements. La Follette and Middleton married in 1911.
The first novel in Dos Passos' "U.S.A. trilogy," followed by "1919" (1932) and "The Big Money" (1936).
Very Good with no dust jacket, with a slight spine lean, with loss on the spine label.
Middleton's nephew David's ownership stamp on the front pastedown.
New Jersey-born playwright, director, and producer George Middleton served as president of the Dramatists Guild of America from 1927 to 1929. He is perhaps best remembered today for his instrumental role in creating the Minimum Basic Agreement, a collective bargaining agreement that covers benefits, rights, and protections for Writers Guild of America members. Middleton was also known for his collaborations with Guy Bolton, including the successful 1917 stage comedy "Polly With a Past," basis for the 1920 film adaptation.
The daughter of Senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette and women's suffrage leader Belle Case, Flora Dodge "Fola" La Follette was a stage actress, teacher, and writer as well as an activist for the women's suffrage and labor movements. La Follette and Middleton married in 1911.
The first novel in Dos Passos' "U.S.A. trilogy," followed by "1919" (1932) and "The Big Money" (1936).
Very Good with no dust jacket, with a slight spine lean, with loss on the spine label.
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
- Royal Books, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158080
- Title
- The 42nd Parallel (First Edition, Association copy, inscribed by the author to George Middleton and Fola La Follette)
- Author
- John Dos Passos
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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