THE LAND THAT TOUCHES MINE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1953.
First edition. Hardcover. Near fine / Very good minus. Item #56136
Octavo. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4". Undedicated inscription regarding the publication of the novel by Sanford on fly-leaf, " This book was first accepted for publication by Jonathan Cape in England and it was Cape who induced Doubleday to publish it in the United States..." Yellow cloth stamped in red, in dust jacket that has minor toning to spine and light edge wear which is folded around the book slightly off center.
"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: $150.00