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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. BRILLIANT: VIVID: SHOCKING: TRAILBLAZING: EPIC: NEW LOA First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1986) First Printing, EXCELLENT virtually AS-NEW LOA SLIPCASE w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & double-gilt-rule borders on front panel w/ LOA logo gilt-stamped at center-top, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW rust-crimson silk-finish Brillianta linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMPECCABLE white-on-purple LOA patterned card-stock end-papers on heavy stock, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB unblemished acid-free Ecusta Nyallite archival paper * 5.12" x 8.12" x 1.52", 0.78 kg., 1232 pp / Slipcase: 5.36" x 8.48" x1.64", 0.90 kg * CONTENTS: Vandover & the Brute (1), McTeague (261), The Octopus (573), Essays (1099); Chronology (1211), Note on the Texts (1217), Notes (1223) * ABOUT THE BOOK: In his brief career (he died at 32), Frank Norris introduced fresh & sometimes shocking elements into American fiction. Inspired by the naturalistic "new novel" developed in France by Zola & Flaubert, he adapted it to American settings, adding his own taste for exciting action & a fascination w/ the emerging sciences of economics & psychology. Vandover & the brute, set in a vividly described San Francisco, captures w/ harsh realism the dissipation & decline of a fashionable playboy into virtual bestiality. McTeague (source for Erich von Stroheim's classic film Greed) was a radical departure for its time in its frank treatment of sex, domestic violence & pathological obsession, revealing the dark underside of San Francisco's new middle class. The octopus depicts the epic struggle of strong, ruthless California ranchers w/ the railroad monopoly & its political machine. Twenty-two essays address theories of literature, the state of American fiction, & the social responsibilities of the artist. The New York Times said, "An opportunity to read, or re-read, in an authentic new edition, the work of one of the trailblazers in American literature." * The selection of essays presents: Theory and reality, Zola as a romantic writer, The "English Courses" of the University of California, An opening for novelists, Fiction is selection, Perverted tales, Frank Norris' weekly letter (June 22, 1901), Frank Norris' weekly letter (August 3, 1901), Frank Norris' weekly letter (August 24, 1901), The true reward of the novelist, Novelists of the future, The need of a literary conscience, The mechanics of fiction, A plea for romantic fiction, Fiction writing as a business, "The literature of the West", The great American novelist, The frontier gone at last, Story-tellers vs. novelists, The novel with a "purpose", A neglected epic, & The responsibilities of the novelist * LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republic). * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional fee & via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international shipments at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. CLASSIC: THRILLING: NEW Library of America hardcover First Edition(Orig. 1982), Second Printing (c. 1990), EXCELLENT LOA slipcase w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW British-green Brillianta silk-finish fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & Library of America colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white-on-green Library of America patterned card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB Olin Nyallite archival paper * 5.12" x 8.12" x 1.36", 0.67 kg, 1192 pp; w/ slipcase: 5.36" x 8.48" x 1.62", 0.87 kg * CONTENTS: The People of the Abyss (1), The Road (185), The Iron Heel (315), Martin Eden (555), John Barleycorn (933), Essays (1113); Chronology (1165), Note on the Texts (1169), Notes (1173) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Jack London is a powerful witness to the political upheavals of the 20th century & their terrifying contradictions. By turns impoverished laborer, renegade adventurer, war correspondent in Mexico, dedicated socialist, & writer of enormous worldwide popularity, London dramatized his ideas about modern societies through incidents of adventure, romance, & brutal violence. "The Iron Heel," an astonishing political fantasy, anticipates a United States dominated by a capitalist police state & ripped apart by urban warfare. Personal experiences lie behind "The People of the Abyss," which vividly re-creates the slums of East London, & the exhilarating camaraderie of hobo gangs roaming across America in "The Road." "John Barleycorn" describes in harrowing terms London's struggles w/ alcoholism & the intensely autobiographical novel "Martin Eden" foreshadows his own death at age forty. * THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republic). * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional fee & via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international shipments at our posted rates.