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Ask the Dust
de Fante, John
- Usado
- near fine
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Stackpole Sons, 1939. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth stamped in brown; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with lean to spine, former owner name in color pencil and erased inscription to front free end paper, and small nicks to several pages at top edge. A great novel about Los Angeles, hailed by Charles Bukowski as a major influence.
Sinopsis
Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of Italian-American author John Fante, that published in 1939 and set during Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels based around the character Arturo Bandini serving as his alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in Los Angeles. The book is a roman à clef, much of it rooted in autobiographical incidents in Fante's life. The novel influenced Charles Bukowski significantly.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 140941532
- Título
- Ask the Dust
- Autor
- Fante, John
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Stackpole Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1939
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
Términos de venta
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Sobre el vendedor
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2010
Portland, Oregon
Sobre Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
