Call It Sleep, a Novel by Henry Roth. First Paperback Reprint: 1964 First Avon Edition, Third Printing. Avon Cover with Rounded Corners.

When "Call It Sleep", a critically celebrated novel by Henry Roth, was first published in 1934, its public sales were very low, and thus the book was dropped from publication and languished, almost forgotten. In 1964 Roth again decided to try the market for this book. Avon Books, one of the top paperback publishers of the time, took the book on and published the reprint: sales were much better for the reprint. It happened that Avon was experimenting at that time with rounded fore-edge corners, and this copy, a Third Printing from November, 1964 has the rounded corners. (This experiment in cover style was pretty quickly dropped, so later printings do not have the rounded corners.) TITLE : Call It Sleep AUTHOR : Henry Roth (1906 - 1995) AFTERWORD : Walter Allen (1911 - 1995) COVER PHOTOGRAPH : Jay Maisel IMPRINT : Avon books PLACE : New York DATE : (November, 1964) EDITION : Reprint : First Paperback Edition. First Avon Edition, Third Printing. DETAILS : Mass Market Paperback, with experimental rounded fore-edge corners; photo-pictorial cover; size : 4 1/4" x 7 1/8"; 447 pages CONDITION . VERY GOOD … This is a previously owned book with an inked inscription on the inside of the front cover, else being in clean, presentable condition, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR - Reading creases to spine; joints are nicked and rubbed; cover edges slightly nicked; text-block edges toned. BINDING - The book seems to have been read, but the binding remains tight. INTERIOR - The inscription on the inside of the front cover is written in red ink ("Mom, SI says this is the most neglected novel in a long time, so I thought it might be interesting ") ; the paper throughout is considerably toned - an unfortunate production effect - else the interior is clean and free of marking. …