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Henry Roth Call it Sleep Pageant Books 1960 HC Scarce! Classic

Description: .. Henry Roth Call it Sleep Pageant Books 1960 HC Scarce! Time Mag 100+ .. .. Call it Sleep .. .. A Novel by .. .. Henry Roth .. .. With a History by Harold U RibalowA Critical Introduction by Maxwell GeismarAnd a Personal Appreciation by Meyer Levin .. .. Pageant Books, Inc. 1960 . [First Pageant Books Edition] .. .. Originally published in 1934 to critical acclaim, then it just disappeared. The publication of the edition by small publisher Pageant Books brought the book back from the dead to eventual more critical acclaim and recognition as one of the best American novels of the 20th Century. Call It Sleep is a 1934 novel by Henry Roth. The book is about a young boy growing up in the Jewish immigrant ghetto of New York's Lower East Side in the early 20th century. Although it earned acclaim, the book sold poorly and was out of print for close to 30 years. It received a second life when it was reprinted by Pageant Books in hardcover in 1960 then when it was reviewed by literary critic Irving Howe on the front page of The New York Times Book Review on October 25, 1964. Its paperback edition, published by Avon, sold over 1 million copies. The novel was included on TIME magazine's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. Clean bright text unmarked hardcover bound in gray cloth . junior college library discard with a few stamps (see pictures for one on the title page) . nice copy . titles stamped in gold upon a black panel on the spine . . . .. Please ask any and all questions prior to purchasing an item or making a bid. Save on shipping with multiple purchases at the same time. Contact me with questions.

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Format: Hardcover

Title: Call it Sleep

Language: English

Publication Year: 1960

Book Title: Call it Sleep

Author: Henry Roth

Publisher: Pageant Books, Inc.

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