BOUND FOR GLORY
by Guthrie, Woody
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Black Cloth. VG/No dust jacket. Woody Guthrie. 8vo. Cloth. First Edition. Ex-Lib. Bonneville Power Administration. (4 stamps) Illustrated with Sketches by the Author.White ink number on spine. Clean, tight copy. Rare first edition of Woody Guthrie's autobiography.
Synopsis
First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all. One of Guthrie's first published writings, it is an important artifact of musical and political history, and a precedent for Guthrie's long lost novel, House of Earth , to be published in 2013 and edited by Johnny Depp and Douglas Brinkley.
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Details
- Seller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 20193
- Title
- BOUND FOR GLORY
- Author
- Guthrie, Woody
- Illustrator
- Woody Guthrie
- Format/Binding
- Black Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Folk Music, Singers, Singer-Songwriters , , , ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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About the Seller
ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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Portland, Oregon
About ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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