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"Then we came to the end of another dull and lurid year. Lights were strung across the front of every shop. Men selling chestnuts wheeled their smoky carts. In the evenings the crowds were immense and traffic built to a tidal roar. The santas of Fifth Avenue rang their little bells with an odd sad delicacy, as if sprinkling salt on some brutally spoiled piece of meat..." |
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DeLILLO, Don. Americana. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Octavo, original half blue cloth over red boards, original dust jacket. $1200. First edition of DeLillo's celebrated first novel, signed on the title page by DeLillo. Book fine, dust jacket with two small edge chips and a few small spots of rubbing to rear panel; front panel unusually clean for a jacket that is particularly prone to soiling. additional image, please click to
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