An American procession / Alfred Kazin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998.

Contributor:

Schmiderer, Dorothy.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 408 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Manufacture:

Scranton, Pennsylvania : Composed, printed and bound by The Haddon Craftsmen.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf : [Distributed by Random House], 1984.

Contents:

Prologue, 1918: Old man in a dry month

Part One. The self as power: America when young, 1830-1865

Part Two. Modern times: 1865-1900

Part Three. Ruling by style: History and the moderns, 1900-1929

Retrospect, 1932: The Twenties and the Great American thing.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

"This book was set in a digitized version of Janson, a redrawing of type cast from matrices long thought to have been made by the Dutchman Anton Janson, who was a practicing type founder in Leipzig during the years 1668-87."

"Typography and binding design by Dorothy Schmiderer."

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has card "with the compliments of the author" from the Publicity Department, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 201 East 50th Street, New York, N.Y." taped to front free endpaper.

ISBN:

0394503783 :

OCLC:

10300165