U. S. A. (The 42nd Parallel; Nineteen Nineteen; the Big Money)

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin: Sentry. Very Good. 1960. Reprint; Seventh Printing. Paperback. Very Good in Wraps: shows mild wear to the extremities, with faint creasing near the corner tips and to a small area at the top of the rear panel; the mildest rubbing to the panels and to the heel of the backstrip; the binding leans slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome reading copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. The pages of this edition remains quite bright. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.25 x 5.25 x 1.5 inches) . Illustrated with black & white drawings by Reginald Marsh. High-quality Paper. Language: English. Weight: 28.5 ounces. Reprint Edition; Seventh Printing Thus. Trade Paperback. The U. S. A. Trilogy is a major work of American writer John Dos Passos, comprising the novels The 42nd Parallel (1930) ; 1919, (1932) ; and The Big Money (1936) . The three books were first published together in a single volume titled U. S. A. By Harcourt Brace in January, 1938. The trilogy covers the historical development of American society during the first three decades of the twentieth century. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked U. S. A. 23rd on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvi, 494 pages .