CHRIST IN CONCRETE
by Di Donato, Pietro
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Middletown, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Bobb-Merrill Co., (1939). First edition. Hailed by critics in the U.S. and abroad as a metaphor for the immigrant experience in America (Wikipedia). Di Donato, both a writer and bricklayer, was best known for this novel recounting the life and times of his own bricklayer father, Geremio, who was killed in 1923 in a building collapse. Spine ends lightly bumped otherwise fine lacking dust jacket.
Synopsis
An uncompromising yet beautiful portrait of the life of Italian immigrants on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1920s, Christ in Concrete is the story of a twelve-year-old boy who must support his family after his father's untimely death.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71617
- Title
- CHRIST IN CONCRETE
- Author
- Di Donato, Pietro
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bobb-Merrill Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1939)
Terms of Sale
Quill & Brush
We accept checks in U.S. dollars, PayPal, and all major credit cards.
About the Seller
Quill & Brush
Biblio member since 2007
Middletown, Maryland
About Quill & Brush
Quill & Brush was established in 1976 by Allen & Patricia Ahearn, the authors of the well-respected reference for booksellers and collectors, Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values.At present the Quill & Brush is run by the Ahearns' eldest daughter, Beth Fisher. Allen is semi-retired but continues to buy, sell, and perform professional appraisals.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...