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Miss Lonelyhearts
by West, Nathanael
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Greenberg. Good. 1933. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 213 pages; [1934] Greenberg, NY. HC 3rd state printing of the original edition. Initial issue of 800 copies by Liveright as the publisher went under during the Depression, with 1200 sets of sheets issued by Harcourt and tthe balance under the Greenberg imprint but not distributed until 1934. This copy is worn and tired. Binding sound but shaken; light mottling to cloth sides and toning to spine. Short closed tear to cloth base of spine; corner bumped, bruised and softened with short fray bottom front corner. Shallow damp line in the gutter of the fisrt few leaves. Page stock moderately toned and a few scattered pages with soiling in the margins. Light stress line to top and bottom corners from the corner bumping. Early iteration of West's magnum opus and a high point of American Literature but in a tired and worn example. WAF Good only, at best. .
Synopsis
Miss Lonelyhearts, published in 1933, is Nathanael West's second novel. It is an Expressionist black comedy set in New York City during the Great Depression.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52177
- Title
- Miss Lonelyhearts
- Author
- West, Nathanael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition; Third Printing
- Publisher
- Greenberg
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
DogStar Books
15 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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