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Lot 108
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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700
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$563
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Lot Description
DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). The 42nd Parallel. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1930.
8vo. Half-title. Original maroon cloth-backed boards, paper label on spine, top edge stained orange; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few short tears, some very slight chipping to spine ends, some darkening).
FIRST EDITION of the first work in Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy. The trilogy depicts the lives of 12 characters, and employs four experimental narrative modes: fictional narratives, "Newsreels," the "Camera Eye," and biographical sketches of historical figures.