Unto the Sons
by Talese, Gay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. First printing Fine in purple cloth covered boards with bold gilt stamped text on the spine and the same on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" deep. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end page. 635 pages including a bibliography, author's note and text.
Synopsis
Unto the Sons is a 1992 book by Gay Talese. The book traces the origins of Talese's own family, beginning with his great-grandfather in Maida, Italy, his grandfather who immigrated to Pennsylvania and Talese's father, who immigrated to the United States separately following World War I.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB23239
- Title
- Unto the Sons
- Author
- Talese, Gay
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 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....