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Call it Sleep
by Roth, Henry
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original blue cloth. Near fine copy in the scarce first state dust jacket (chipped, spine panel defective with loss of bottom th
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1934. First edition of his first book. v, [i], [1]-599 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Near fine copy in the scarce first state dust jacket (chipped, spine panel defective with loss of bottom third and partial loss of title at head) by Stuyvesant Van Veen. Booklabel of Abraham (Pascal) and Marcie Kanner laid in. First edition of his first book. v, [i], [1]-599 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Roth's novel of ghetto life on the Lower East Side of New York was hailed as a modernist masterpiece upon publication and compared to the work of James Joyce. Despite critical acclaim it sold poorly and remained out of print until it was resurrected by the critics of the New York School in the 1960s.
Synopsis
Call It Sleep is a 1934 novel by Henry Roth. Time magazine described it as "The story of three years in the life of a sensitive Jewish slum-child, told with painstaking and pain-giving fidelity," in the February 25, 1935 edition. While the book sold poorly upon its initial publication, the book received a second life when it was reviewed by literary critic Irving Howe on the front page of The New York Times Book Review on October 25, 1964, and has since sold over a million copies.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41593
- Title
- Call it Sleep
- Author
- Roth, Henry
- Format/Binding
- V, [i], [1]-599 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original blue cloth. Near fine copy in the scarce first state dust jacket (chipped, spine panel defective with loss of bottom th
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of his first book
- Publisher
- Robert O. Ballou
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- American | Henry Roth
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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