The Day of the Beast
de Grey, Zane
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Librería
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1925. early printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages; Circa [1925] Grosset & Dunlap. HC/DJ. Early printing in the color illustrated dust jacket. Tightly bound in original thatch patterned brown cloth with titles in darker brown to cover and spine. Jacket just lightly toned with tiny spot of sticker residue and scar to jacket front panel. Mild shelf rubbing and a tiny closed tear to jacket edges. Prior owner ink name stamp to front endpage. Eight page catalog of G&D titles at rear. Uncommon in condition. NF/VG++ .
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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
- DogStar Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 48758
- Título
- The Day of the Beast
- Autor
- Grey, Zane
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- early printing
- Editorial
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1925
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Early Dust Jackets;
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DogStar Books
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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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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