FIRST ENCOUNTER.
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Livraria Castro e Silva, Lisboa, PortugalLivraria Castro e Silva
AbeBooks seller since June 19, 2013
Condition: Used - Good
£ 129.40
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Philosophical Library. New York. S/d. [1945]. De 21x14cm. Com 160 págs. Encadernação do editor com sobrecapa de protecção. Exemplar ? cópia de trabalho - com sublinhados no texto a lápis e a tinta e várias anotações de leitura nas folhas de guarda. Inclui uma dedicatória do autor em anterrosto, assinada e dirigida a um leitor português, quando da sua estadia em Portugal em 1960. A obra contém uma narrativa autobiográfica com as memórias de um condutor de ambulâncias durante a Primeira Grande Guerra 1914-1918. John dos Passos foi um escritor americano. Graduou-se na Universidade de Harvard em 1916, visitou a Europa e o Médio Oriente instruindo-se sobre arte, literatura e arquitectura. Durante a I Grande Guerra foi membro do do American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps em Paris e Itália e, mais tarde, membro do U.S. Army Medical Corps. Título original: One Man's Initiation, 1917. Foi publicado pela primeira vez em Londres, em Outubro de 1920 por George Allen & Unwin Ltd. A primeira edição americana foi publicada em Junho de 1922, por Goerge H. Doran Company, Nova Iorque. The Philosophical Library reeditou esta obra em 1945, com o título First Encounter, e com uma nova introdução do autor. [EN] Workcopy with handwriten pencil notes at the endpapers, and ink underlines in the text; signed and dedicated by the author to a Portuguese reader during his stay in Portugal in 1960. "This narrative deals with the lives and loves of the frontline soldier of 1918, as seen by an ambulance driver." - John dos Passos was an American writer. Graduated from Harvard College in 1916, well-traveled, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learned about literature, art, and architecture. Was a member of the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps in Paris and in Italy during World War I, joining later the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Original title: One Man's Initiation, 1917. It was first published in London in October, 1920 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. The first American edition was published in June, 1922, by Goerge H. Doran Company, New York. The Philosophical Library reprinted the book in 1945, under the title First Encounter, with a new introduction by the author. Language: Inglês / English Location/localizacao: I-64-E-1.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- FIRST ENCOUNTER.
- Author
- DOS PASSOS. (John)
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Seller catalogs
- 1ª Grande Guerra / 1st World War, História Universal / World History, Primeiras Edições / First Editions
Livraria Castro e Silva
Lisboa, Portugal
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Av Almirante Reis, 89D
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