The Day of the Beast
de Grey, Zane
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien/No
- Librería
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Stated first edition [1922], without dustjacket. Dark blue cloth, 351 pages. Some shelfwear, mainly rubbing to the extremities, the beginnings of light fraying to the spine ends, some subtle colored spots to the front cover, lightly faded spine, good hinges (tiny repaired crack to the center of the rear hinge), sound text block, age-toned endpapers, clean pages with a brief gift inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper, no other markings. Remains of the the dustjacket laid in loosely at the front, including the front panel which is a bit chipped at the edges but nearly intact, and one repaired flap.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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El Apr 12 2020, un lector dijo:
On the dust cover of the first printing of this book in 1922 it had these words in bold letters, NOT A WESTERN, as if to warn the potential buyer what they would be getting was not the usual Zane Grey fare, and most likely contributed to the low sales of the book. Harpers had no faith in this book, nor did ZG's wife, Dolly, who had urged him not to write it. But this was a book he HAD to write. He felt enormous sympathy for the returning soldier from WW1 and how they were treated medically and emotionally, especially those who returned from the battle field after the first rush of excitement and jubilation the first one's received. Those later returnees were offered no parades, no notice at all, becoming almost victims of the war. Added to this was Zane Grey's hatred of the way society was changing, particularly the morals and the general conduct he saw being displayed by the young women of the day--"The Roaring Twenties" we call it today. This is his protest against that age or time as seen through the eyes of a returning veteran, who does not have long to live. And yes, a lot of what he was protesting against, is still with us today. We never seem to learn as a society; history repeats itself. This book may seem dated, the use of language and its descriptive qualities have changed somewhat, but all in all this book does a good job in depicting what was happening in the country following WW1. The Day of the Beast will never be one of ZG's big sellers, and for years the ending left me wondering if he actually wrote the book this way; but I have come to know more about him as a person through my study of him as a writer and can now see what he was trying to say with this book. If you read this book for what it was intended, then you will not be disappointed. It is NOT A WESTERN, but a very readable and enjoyable book exposing what the author believed was grievous to society then, and by the way even today. I've had my Walter J. Black copy for a few years now.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 015536
- Título
- The Day of the Beast
- Autor
- Grey, Zane
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Harper & Brothers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1922
- Tamaño
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Palabras clave
- WESTERN AMERICAN FICTION ADVENTURE NOVEL
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Términos de venta
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