First published in 1934 and long out of print, The Land of Plenty is one of the most graphically exciting novels of the thirties. Its reprinting here will be an important addition to the literature of the period now being reissued because of the overwhelming interest in the decade. A story of a Western factory town, the novel portrays with sharp realism the blue-collar workers' struggle for existence and depicts, with sensitivity and compassion, workers and owners alike in their poverty, depravity, good ness, and evil, ...
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First published in 1934 and long out of print, The Land of Plenty is one of the most graphically exciting novels of the thirties. Its reprinting here will be an important addition to the literature of the period now being reissued because of the overwhelming interest in the decade. A story of a Western factory town, the novel portrays with sharp realism the blue-collar workers' struggle for existence and depicts, with sensitivity and compassion, workers and owners alike in their poverty, depravity, good ness, and evil, and their attempts to realize their hopes for a future. This edition is a reprint of the 1934 Farrar, Rhinehart edition.
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Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some creasing and chipping; light sticker resiude to the back of the jacket. Moderate wear to the boards. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 1971, later edition, published as part of the Crosscurrents series. Inscribed on the half-title by the author to the late bibliographer and textual editor of the Crosscurrents series, Matthew J. Bruccoli. A Fine copy in red cloth, in a Very Good dust jacket with light wear along the top edge. Cantwell's classic was originally published in 1934. Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1931-2008) was the foremost F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar and bibliographer of his time. Additionally, he wrote on, and edited critical editions of Hemingway, Hammett, Cozzens, Thomas Wolfe, John O'Hara, and Vladimir Nabokov. He studied bibliography under the tutelage of Fredson Bowers and worked with Jacob Blanck on the Bibliography of American Literature. He was responsible for the republication and rediscovery of dozens of forgotten American novels, and went on to be the editor and publisher of the 400+ volume Dictionary of Literary Biography, and was the chief editor of the University of Pittsburgh Press bibliography series. Digital images available upon request.
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NF in VG+ jacket. Octavo. Bright red cloth covered boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on the spine. Book has a very slight bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Black endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 370 pages. Dust Jacket-has very light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of each of the four outside corners. Nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing in a couple places along the upper and lower edges. Original $10.00 price on the upper corner of the front inside flap. Tight, clean, attractive copy.