A More Goodly Country: A Personal History of America Tapa dura - 1975

Horizon Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Horizon Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

New York: Horizon Press, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Nice clean unmarked copy.

Horizon Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 285 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light toning to spine.

New York, NY: Horizon Press, 1975. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 285 pages. 6 3/8" X 9 1/2" (8vo). The uniqueness of the "personal history" is in John Sanford's writing in so great a variety of voices astonishing in their authenticity - voices of the American character, beginning in A.D. 1000 with Leif Ericson and ending with the atom bomb, which opened the most significant era in our history. One micro-tear on dust jacket spine tail. Spine head slightly bumped.

Horizon House Pubs, 1975-03-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Horizon Press, 1975. Sanford (pseudonym for Julian Lawrence Shapiro,1904-2003) was an acclaimed novelist and screenwriter who was a victim of McCarthy and his ilk, due to his membership in the Communist party. His personal history of America flows from that viewpoint. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Lime green cloth binding, with gilt lettering on the spine and a reproduced signature on the front. Clean text; 285 pages. Very slightly splayed, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is complete (unclipped, but shows a bit of edgewear, minor darkening of the spine, and a closed tear on the front panel. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York:: Horizon Press,, (1975). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (minor toning and sunning to the dust jacket).. First printing. Beginning in A.D. 1000 with Leif Ericson and ending with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, this book presents - in poetic prose - a searing personal history of the United States, told in almost 200 voices over the years. Sanford later commented about this book that "It was, and it is, an unrelenting and accusatory book. No one who values his country can find its charges easy to bear-and yet I value my country, too, and the book was written only to make it better." It is a book that exposes the rapaciousness and the cruelty and self-interest often underlying our country's history. Sanford was blacklisted by the House for Unamerican Activities in the 1950s and one wonders if this book would find a publisher today. Sanford was also the recipient of the PEN Award and the Los Angeles Times Lifetime… Leer más

Horizon House Pubs, 1975-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!