Laughing Boy
by La Farge, Oliver
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Matching date on the title and copyright pages. Near Fine in a Near Fine second issue jacket, clipped, with the Pulitzer Prize Winner obi. Yellow buckram, faded at the spine, with brown ink lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, faded brown top stain, clean internally. La Farge's novel of two young Navajo lovers and their struggle to maintain their identity in a changing world. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1930.
Synopsis
Laughing Boy is a 1929 novel by Oliver La Farge about the clash between American culture and that of southwestern Native Americans. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1930.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8346
- Title
- Laughing Boy
- Author
- La Farge, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- 20th Century Literature, American Literature, Modern Literature, Native American, Pulitzer Prize
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....