SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939.
First edition. Hardcover. Very good / Fair. Item #56135
Octavo. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4". INSCRIBED by Sanford to Rosalind Spector in 1939. Tan/brown cloth stamped in brown is darkened on spine and edges.light fraying to spine top. Dust jacket is faded on spine, has edge wear and tears. The author's third book.
"In 1935, Shapiro adopted the name of The Water Wheel's protagonist, John Sanford, in hopes that, in a time of rising antisemitism in the U.S., a gentile name would aid book sales. In his earlier novels, he was noted for blending experimental techniques with realism. He was described as "perhaps the most outstanding neglected novelist," by The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature."-toughpoetspress.
Price: $200.00