THE COMING OF AGE OF A GREAT BOOK
JAMES T. FARRELL - ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR. - ALFRED KAZIN - MORTON WHITE - WILLIAM TARG - GEORGE SNELL - VAN ALLEN BRADLEY - ARABEL J. PORTER
Language: English
Published by VANGUARD PRESS, INC., NEW YORK, NY, 1953
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Aah Rare Chicago, Carlsbad, CA, U.S.A.Aah Rare Chicago
AbeBooks seller since February 27, 1999
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 15.30
Quantity: 1 available
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3 - 28 PAGES. THE COVERS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY SPLIT AT THE SPINE AND ARE PARTIALLY DETACHED. THE INTERIOR IS CLEAN.THIS BOOKLET WAS PUBLISHED BY THE VANGUARD PRESS, INC.WHO WAS THE PRINCIPLE PUBLISHER OF FARREL'S BOOKS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF HIS WRITING CAREER. THE BOOKLET IS AN ODE OF PRAISE FOR JAMES T. FARRELL BY HIS PRINCIPLE BOOK PUBLISHER AT THE TIME. WILLIAM TARG WAS THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF THE MAJORITY OF FARRELL'S REPRINTED BOOKS BY THE WORLD PUBLISHING CO. VAN ALLEN BRADLEY WAS THE LITERARY EDITOR AND COLUMINIST FOR THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS NEWSPAPER. THE BOOKLET CONTAINS 13 B/W PHOTOGRAPHS OF FARRELL AS A BOY, HIS PARENTS AND FARRELL AS AN OLDER MAN AND THERE ARE SCENES OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY CHICAGO DURING THE TIME OF "STUDS LONIGAN." Size: 6" x 9".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE COMING OF AGE OF A GREAT BOOK
- Author
- JAMES T. FARRELL - ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR. - ALFRED KAZIN - MORTON WHITE - WILLIAM TARG - GEORGE SNELL - VAN ALLEN BRADLEY - ARABEL J. PORTER
- Publisher
- VANGUARD PRESS, INC., NEW YORK, NY
- Publication year
- 1953
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED
- Binding
- STIFF PAPER ILLUSTRATED WRAPS
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- FARRELL, FARRELL L
Aah Rare Chicago
Carlsbad, CA, U.S.A.
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