Dos Passos (John) Nineteen Nineteen
£375
London, Constable, 1932.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth stamped in yellow. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
The first UK edition of the second in Dos Passos’s ‘USA Trilogy’, in which he evaluates the damage done by World War I. Nineteen Nineteen focuses on the fear and social unrest on the home front.
In stock
Jacket with a few minor marks but overall a lovely copy.
Jacket artwork by Candem.
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