The American
by Fast, Howard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Temecula, California, United States
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About This Item
Duell, Sloane and Pearce, 1946. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Stated first edition. 8vo. 337 pp. Light blue cloth with gold lettering to the spine and front panel. Dark red topstain. Very good plus with minor rubbing to the extremities. Inscribed by Fast on the front free endpaper.
Synopsis
In addition to the Immigrants novels, Howard Fast is the author of Greenwich, Being Red, My Glorious Brothers, Time and the Riddle , and Spartacus (the basis for the acclaimed film), among many other books. He has won numerous awards for his writing, including an Emmy Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Schomburg Award for Race Relations. Born in New York in 1914, he now lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Johnson Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 531
- Title
- The American
- Author
- Fast, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloane and Pearce
- Date Published
- 1946
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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