Wide is the Gate
by Sinclair, Upton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine to Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Nice copy of 7th printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Brown topstain still pretty bright. Price intact jacket has shallow chip at head of spine and small closed tear on front panel. One of the World's End novels that featured Lanny Budd. In mylar. . 7th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine to Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Wide Is the Gate is the fourth novel in Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd series. First published in 1943, the story covers the period from 1934 to 1937. In this novel Lanny Budd's marriage to Irma breaks down after he imposes on her to help smuggle a revolutionary named Trudy out of Germany. Her husband Rudy had been arrested and vanished into the Gestapo prison system. Months later Lanny, at a séance, hears that Rudy is dead. He persuades Trudy that Rudy is dead and they secretly marry.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014116
- Title
- Wide is the Gate
- Author
- Sinclair, Upton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine to Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 7th Printing
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Classic Author's;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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