The Human Comedy

William Saroyan

Verlag: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1943

Beschreibung

Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1943. First (1st) Printing of First Edition. (First Edition stated, per publisher's statement of practice re first printings in 1936; see Zempel and Verkler, First Editions: A Guide to Identifications.) Fine condition. No Dust jacket. The Text Block is clean, cream colored, tight, straight and square with no spotting or markings of any kind, and a light grayish green top-stain. Binding is full dark scarlet cloth (uniform color throughout), with black design of messenger boy on bicycle to lower front board and black title, etc., to spine, all corners square and showing little wear, and unmarked endpapers with some foxing. No Dust Jacket. See photos. Illustrated with about 40 line drawings by Don Freeman. 291 pages. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". This is a deeply moving tragi-comedy set in the fictional California town of Ithaca during World War 2. The main characters are Homer, a 14 year old telegraph messenger boy, and his younger brother Ulysses. Saroyan won the Academy Award for the Best Film Story for the movie version. Many of the telegrams that Homer delivers are, of course, war-related. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000336

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Human Comedy

Verlag: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1943

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Don Freeman

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition