Call It Sleep

Roth, Henry

Published by Cooper Square Publishers, Inc, New York, 1970

About this Item

599pp. Thick octavo [21.5 cm] Gray tweed cloth over boards. The spine ends and corners of the covers are lightly rubbed, and the text block edges are subtly soiled. There is a gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In the dust jacket designed by Ronni Solbert. The jacket is price-clipped, and has tape repairs backing the small closed and open tears to the edges (one short piece of tape is visible along the bottom edge of the front panel). With a history by Harold U. Ribalow, a critical introduction by Maxwell Geismar, and a personal appreciation by Meyer Levin. Roth's Depression-era novel met with a lukewarm reception when it was originally published in 1934, but enjoyed a critical resurgence beginning with its reprinting in the '60s. The coming-of-age story of a young Jewish immigrant to New York, "Call It Sleep" is now regarded as a modern masterpiece.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Call It Sleep
• Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Third edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
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