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Edité par New York: Horizon Press, (1975) dj, 1975
Vendeur : Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover first edition - First printing. Beginning in A.D. 1000 with Leif Ericson and ending with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, this book presents - in poetic prose - a searing personal history of the United States, told in almost 200 voices over the years. Sanford later commented about this book that "It was, and it is, an unrelenting and accusatory book. No one who values his country can find its charges easy to bear-and yet I value my country, too, and the book was written only to make it better." It is a book that exposes the rapaciousness and the cruelty and self-interest often underlying our country's history. Sanford was blacklisted by the House for Unamerican Activities in the 1950s and one wonders if this book would find a publisher today. Sanford was also the recipient of the PEN Award and the Los Angeles Times Lifetime Achievement. Among those who influenced his writing were Nathaniel West, William Carlos Williams, Hemingway and James Joyce. 285 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket (minor toning and sunning to the dust jacket).
Edité par Santa Barbara: Oyster Press, 1984. dj, 1984
Vendeur : Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover first edition - First printing. Foreword by Paul Mariani and commentary by Sanford. Letters between two giants of 20th century American literature. One of 500 copies in hardcover designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh (out of a complete edition of 2500 copies). 53 pp. plus a brief afterword by Sanford and colophon. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped).
Edité par Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, (1982) dj, 1982
Vendeur : Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale Signé
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First edition, second issue. Originally privately printed for publication by the Plantin Press, Los Angeles in 1951 (after being rejected by many publishers because of the controversy over the topic, and because Sanford was blacklisted by the House for Unamerican Activities Committee for refusing to name names), this was reissued by Black Sparrow with a new tipped-in title page and a new five page introduction by Sanford. A novel concerned with an American attempting to discover the America of his time.The period of 1909-1938." Includes the original SIGNED colophon page showing that this is Copy 1162 of 2000. 452 pp. In the original printed beige dust jacket with the Plantin Press publisher information crossed out and Black Sparrow Press added. Near fine in very good dust jacket (corners bumped, edgewear and several small tears on dust jacket).