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Nathanael West, 1934
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A Cool Million
Nathanael West, 1934
WEST, Nathanael (1903-1940). A Cool Million. The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin. New York: Covici Friede, 1934.
First edition of West’s third book, A Cool Million is a satirical perspective on Horatio Alger’s “rags-to-riches” narrative. Where Alger’s protagonists achieve a higher status or overcome a struggle through traditional values, West’s fall into worse situations.
Octavo. Original cloth (spine tanned, top edge dust-soiled); pictorial dust jacket (toned, spine panel sunned, several tape reinforcements to verso, a little edge-chipping, mostly to foot of spine panel). Custom cloth box.
Nathanael West, 1934
WEST, Nathanael (1903-1940). A Cool Million. The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin. New York: Covici Friede, 1934.
First edition of West’s third book, A Cool Million is a satirical perspective on Horatio Alger’s “rags-to-riches” narrative. Where Alger’s protagonists achieve a higher status or overcome a struggle through traditional values, West’s fall into worse situations.
Octavo. Original cloth (spine tanned, top edge dust-soiled); pictorial dust jacket (toned, spine panel sunned, several tape reinforcements to verso, a little edge-chipping, mostly to foot of spine panel). Custom cloth box.
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