Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
by Roth, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First Printing stated. Very Good Plus, small rubs to cloth at corners, in a Very Good in original unclipped ($3.75) grey pictorial dust jacket by Sanford Roth, with first issue points, 1 3/4" narrow chip at front spine fold, small chips at corners and spine ends. Philip Roth's award-winning first book which instantly established its author's reputation. He went on in the 1990s to win America's four major literary awards in succession: the National Book Critics Circle Award for Patrimony (1991), the PEN/Faulkner Award for Operation Shylock (1993), the National Book Award for Sabbath's Theater (1995), and the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for American Pastoral (1997). Basis for the 1969 film starring Richard Benjamin, Ali McGraw, and Jack Klugman. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Goodbye, Columbus (1959) is the title of the first book published by the American novelist Philip Roth, a collection of six stories. In addition to its title novella, set in New Jersey, Goodbye, Columbus contains the five short stories "The Conversion of the Jews," "Defender of the Faith," "Epstein," "You Can't Tell a Man by the Song He Sings," and "Eli, the Fanatic.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010121
- Title
- Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
- Author
- Roth, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Film;
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