The Merry Month of May
JONES, James
Published by Delacorte Press, New York, 1971
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Hardcover
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First edition. Some spotting to the foredge, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by the author to friends of his daughter: "To Jane & Joan Mullany, This is a good tourist guide to the Quarter, too, you know. All Best, James Jones.". Seller Inventory # 275983
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Title: The Merry Month of May
Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York
Publication Date: 1971
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Merry Month of May
Published by
Delacorte Press, New York, 1971
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Hardcover
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. 361 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and facsimile signature of Jones to cover in original pictorial jacket. Book Club edition. The Merry Month of May is author James Jones's 1971 novel concerning the events of the 1968 student revolutions in Paris. It is centered on a rich American family, the Gallaghers, living as expatriates in Paris. There's a good deal of action on the streets -- May in Paris of 1968 during the weeks of student and worker disturbances -- which serves as a backdrop for other pieces of the current action, namely intergenerational conflict and interchangeable sex. As seen through the eyes of Jack Hartley, failed poet-novelist-husband but a very good friend of and to the Gallaghers: Harry, a film maker who favors sex a trois; his New England and next-to-last Puritan wife; and Hill, their son, who is part of the Cohn-Bendit activity until his father appropriates it for a film while also appropriating a seductive little black strumpet called Samantha-Marie. . . . Jones-Hartley has been living in Paris long enough to say "while I was making my toilet"; he's also old enough to be a benevolently avuncular observer and to mention, en passant, Irwin Shaw who like Jones shared a time that was, as well as a future that might have been. Condition: Front end paper lightly stained. Jacket spine ends and corners rubbed else very good in like jacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS005405
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The Merry Month of May
Published by
Dell, New York, 1972
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Mass Market Paperback
First Edition
Seller: Hastings of Coral Springs, Altamonte Springs, FL, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Dell. 345 pages. The backstrip is creased and the spine is curved. The front cover is creased and both covers are soiled.Numbers are stamped on the top edge of the text block. The text is age-toned. Seller Inventory # d6654
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The Merry Month of May
Published by
Delacorte Press, New York, 1971
Used
Hardcover
Seller: The Librarian's Books, Cranford, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A Good copy in a Good dust wrapper of a former library copy of a title about "Paris. May. 1968. This is the Paris of the barricaded boulevards; of rebelling students' strongholds; of the literati; the sexual anarchists; the leftists -- written chillingly of a time in French history closely paralleling what America went through in the late 1960s. As the Revolution sweeps across Paris, the reader sees, feels, smells, and fears all the turmoil that was the May revolt, the frightening social quicksand of 1968." Dust wrapper is not price clipped. Dust wrapper is still housed in plastic cover which has yellowed tape where it was attached to the volume. Wear to dust wrapper along edgings. No spine label on dust wrapper. Plastic cover has wear and smudging. Slight lean to volume. Black boards still have crisp gilt lettering on spine and replica signature of author on front. Wear and sunning to black boards along edgings. Yellow tape still attached to boards. 28 Chapters; 361 pages. Previous seller's price in blue ink is written on front flyleaves. Library stamp in blue ink on front and rear flyleaves. Library catalog markings in pencil, blue and black inks to Title Page. From Verso:"First Printing" Creasing, Spotting and library stamps in blue ink to pages. Library pocket on rear flyleaf was removed but the glue has left a stain which has smudged the plastic of the inside rear flap."Summary:A family of intellectuals comes apart at the seams during the 1968 student revolts in Paris The Parisian student revolts of May 1968 shook the country & the European continent to its foundations. In a tradition-obsessed nation where the old-guard bourgeoisie had spent decades oppressing youthful unrest, every flavor of rage suddenly had a voice. Hill Gallagher is there, a brash young intellectual grown tired of pretending that the world doesn't make him angry. Despite the protests of his screenwriter father, he becomes involved in the movement, joining in on protests with the fervor of a man who isn't afraid to destroy his country or his family. In "The Merry Month of May", James Jones draws on his own experiences living in Paris and witnessing the 1968 revolts firsthand to create an unforgettable portrait of a society at war with itself and torn apart by change.". Seller Inventory # 002991
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THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY (hardcover bce) ~ by JAMES JONES
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DELL
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Hardcover
Seller: Bluff Books, Natchez, MS, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. B0059I70HE 361 pp. Book-of-the-Month Club Selection statement on front inside of dust jacket. Text clean and unmarked. Edge wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. C59. Seller Inventory # SKU1000063
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The Merry Month of May
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1971, New York, 1971
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Lighthouse Books and Gifts, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club. Book Club. Fiction. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This large hardcover novel about some Americans in Paris in the midst of an uprising is in good condition and has a dustjacket. The dustjacket has minor wear on the faces and a little around the edges but looks good. The black brushed cloth hardcovers with gold lettering on the spine are gorgeous with very little wear. The spine is tight. The pages are white with little wear and few marks. 361 pages. The book has no stated edition. CHEAP SHIPPING MEDIA MAIL! Seller Inventory # 003812
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The Merry Month of May
Published by
Delacorte, 1971, 1971
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: bccbooks, WHITE PLAINS, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine/Chipped, Sl Soiled Dj. 1st. Seller Inventory # 001748
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The Merry Month of May
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NaN
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Softcover
Seller: Bookbot, Prague, Czech Republic
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Softcover. Condition: Poor. Sichtbare Flecken. Seller Inventory # 8a7a99e7-8015-4e6d-9a32-a679ecf5b0ff
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Merry Month of May
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR002410049
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The Merry Month of May
Published by
Delacorte, 1971, 1971
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: bccbooks, WHITE PLAINS, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine/Very Sl Chipped, Sl Soiled Dj. 1st. Seller Inventory # 003319
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The Merry Month of May
Published by
Delacorte Press, New York, 1971
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Persephone's Books, Gastonia, NC, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 361 pp. The covers are very slightly bowed. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket is scuffed at the extremities. A novel of Paris in May, 1968. Seller Inventory # 055976
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