America, My Wilderness by Frederic Prokosch - 1972-06

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1972. Top edge shows some soiling, fep has a small spot; dj is lightly soiled and yellowed w/a wrinkle on back cover. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Used book has little to no markings, writing from the previous owner. No DJ. Slight bumping, rubbing, fading on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer page edges with tanning, browning, stains and foxing. Guttering has happened in the front of the book and the half title page is torn from the tail to the middle. No pages are loose and binding is still tight. America, My Wilderness is a picaresque novel of a homeless wanderer in America. Perhaps it is the stoic aspects of eastern philosophy and religion that drew him, for the sensibility in his novels is very nearly Buddhist in its overall detachment while remaining Romantic in its particulars. Whatever it was, the world he has imagined will likely strike you so powerfully that you will choose to return more than once. 1972. T1.

UsedVeryGood. Stated first printing, 1972. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

NY: Farrar Straus Giroux , 1972. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 252 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Record # 5451

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. First printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. 6 x 8 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers clean, minimal wear. Binding tight, text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; not clipped, very clean. Fic. Stax.

New York, NY Farrar Straus Giroux, 1972. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing, so stated. First Ed;ition First Printing, so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows a bit of buckling at the head of the backstrip; else flawless; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows only very mild rubbing; else flawless; price unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 252pp. Dust jacket design by Diane and Leo Dillon. Tinted Top Edge. His 16th book. Hardback with DJ. Frederic Prokosch is the author I would most wish to save from what Gore Vidal has called "time's winged wastebasket." Born in 1908, his career extended from the early 1930's to the 1980's. He combines an extraordinary talent for description and a lush romantic prose style that never crosses the line into being purple with a modern -- nearly existential --… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1972-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!