THE OCTOPUS
de Norris, Frank
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good /No Dustjacket
- Librería
-
Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Grant Richards. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine, this date 1901 First English Edition is VG. (V1)/652pp with 9 Chapters, List of Principal Characters and Map of El Rancho De Los Muertos. Descibed as "The Epic of Wheat2 and "A Story of California". Engraved Bookplate of David Powell to fixed front endpapers. Spine slightly faded but titles more than legible. Corners bumped and odd traces of foxing, but binding sound and generally VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 1901.
Sinopsis
Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad: subversion, coercion and outright violence. In his introduction, Kevin Starr discusses Norris's debt to Zola for the novel's extraordinary sweep, scale and abundance of characters and details.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 00212731
- Título
- THE OCTOPUS
- Autor
- Norris, Frank
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dustjacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First English Edition
- Editorial
- Grant Richards
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1901
- Palabras clave
- Frank Norris: The Octopus (1901 1st English Edition)
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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Sobre el vendedor
Camillas Bookshop
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
Sobre Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- VG
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- Spine
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