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MR. WILSON'S WAR; By John Dos Passos
by Dos Passos, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. Photos. SIGNED by the Author on a tipped-in front endpaper, thick small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 2/8"), gray cloth with black label & gold lettering on spine and "Mainstream of America" with tiny stars on front cover, ilustrated with 32 B&W photographs from the period & map endpapers, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting President Wilson waving from a parade car as drawn by Hugh Baker, 2 colored map endpapers: The War in Europe & Western Front, viii + 517 pages. 2 lbs. 1 oz. John Dos Passos (1896 - 1970) was a major American novelist of the post-World War I "Lost Generation." His writings are often characterized by social criticism of American life. He best known for his trilogy U.S.A. In MR. WILSON'S WAR, Dos Passos passes in brilliant critical review the 20-year period from the assissination of President McKinley to the defeat of the League of Nations. He places special emphasis on shy, academic Woodrow Wilson. During this time the Great War was won; the Great Hoped-for Peace lost. SUPERIOR COPY: tight, bright, clean with light uniform age-toning. No internal marks, annotations, or remainder marks. Printing not indicated. Bright unclipped dust jacket with a 1-inch V at the top of the rear panel and slight wear at its edges (most evident at the foot of the dj's spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5930
- Title
- MR. WILSON'S WAR; By John Dos Passos
- Author
- Dos Passos, John
- Illustrator
- Photos
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- New York, city life, impressions, characters, corruption, money
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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