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Ask the Dust
by Fante, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Mission Viejo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Stackpole Sons, 1939. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. Author's second book, first published by Stackpole in 1939. Dustjacket has very minor wear to corners and light chipping to spine ends. There is a dime size loss of color to upper right corner of front panel probably due to a sticker removal. There is very light fading to dustjacket spine, much less than is commonly found with this title. Fante died in 1983. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
Synopsis
Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of Italian-American author John Fante, that published in 1939 and set during Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels based around the character Arturo Bandini serving as his alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in Los Angeles. The book is a roman à clef, much of it rooted in autobiographical incidents in Fante's life. The novel influenced Charles Bukowski significantly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cahill Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2235
- Title
- Ask the Dust
- Author
- Fante, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Stackpole Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
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About the Seller
Cahill Rare Books
Biblio member since 2018
Mission Viejo, California
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....