Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Roth, Henry. Call it Sleep. Pageant Books, Patterson, NJ, 1960.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 599p, cloth, no DW, spine faded, very slight edgewear, VG-
Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Henry Roth. Call it Sleep. Pageant Books, Inc., 1960.
Price: US$32.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hi. Welcome to our small, family-owned bookstore. Copyright 1934 by the author, Henry Roth, Published by Pageant Books, 1960. Hardcover. Dust Jacket missing. Very Good condition. Shelf wear: one corner has been bumped (front cover, upper corner); the crown and foot of the backstrip slightly turned-in, and the name plate of the backstrip has numerous tiny scratches on the black background. Inside, on the flyleaf is a previous owner's signature. Otherwise, completely clean and bright. The binding is strong. 500 pages. Packaged using bubble wrap and a sturdy cardboard box. Tracking number provided for no extra cost. Thanks for checking out this book from our small town brick-and-mortar and supporting a small business.
Seller: Bailey's Bibliomania, Ellensburg, WA, U.S.A.
Roth, Henry. Call it Sleep. Pageant Books, 1960.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Name in ink, embossed stamp, and extensive writing in pencil on flyleaf; interior pages unmarked. Base of spine bumped. Dust jacket shelfworn and very edgeworn with multiple tears and small pieces out along edges. Fore edges discolored. Binding square & secure.
Seller: Books Do Furnish A Room, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
Roth, Henry. Call It Sleep. Pageant Books, Inc., U.S.A., 1960.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Printing of the 1960 Pageant Edition, originally published 1934. This Edition includes an essay "The History of Henry Roth and Call It Sleep" by Harold Ribalow, a critical introduction by Maxwell Geismar and preface "A Personal Appreciation" by Meyer Levin. Book is straight, square, securely bound, lightly and uniformly age toned and free of markings and other blemishes. Cover shows some age toning, with bumping to the corners, headband and tail, soiling and color chipping along the spine (thereby marring clarity of the lettering), small tear at the headband. No Dust Jacket. (Please see Seller images). Pre-ISBN . ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. ADDITIONAL CHARGE (DUE TO SHIPPING WEIGHT) WILL APPLY IF SHIPPED OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL US; CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING or for more information, details or photos.
Seller: ShiroBooks, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Henry Roth. Call It Sleep (Pageant: 1960). Pageant January 1960, 1960.
Price: US$57.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1960 Pageant Books edition with a critical introduction by Howard Geismar. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped, though the jacket has a bit of wrinkling at the top of the spine. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Henry Roth. Call It Sleep. Pageant Books, Paterson, N.J., 1960.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a first edition of the rare and valuable reprint edition of 1960, with essays by Harold Ribalow, Maxwell Geismar, and Meyer Levin. One of the great American novels of the 20th century and the finest ever written about Jewish immigrants in New York. An essential edition to own. The title and author's name on the spine are badly worn, but the cover, binding, and book itself in very good shape.
Seller: Bill's Books, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xlvi + 599 pp, previous owner's name inked ffep top, textblock fore-edge coffee stained, else Near Fine copy; Includes A Personal Appreciation - Meyer Levin; A critical Introduction - Maxwell Geismar; The History of Henry Roth and Call It Sleep - Harold U Ribalow, textblock fore-edge coffee-stained, all along the final 100 or so page fore-edges. & a minor blemishes on top and bottom edges, else binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and paper well-preserved, gray cover cloth & spine letters Near Fine. DJ, in protector, unclipped, with 1" chip and wear along rear top edge & lesser to fr top edge. Size: Thick Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
roth, Henry. Call it Sleep. Pageant Books, Inc., Patterson, NJ, 1960.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: With a history by Harold Ribalow, a critical introduction by Maxwell Geismar. and a personal appreciation by Meyer Levin. A reprint of the 1934 classic novel. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Offset fading to endpapers. Interior is clean and unmarked. Solid binding. BF
Seller: Plain Tales Books, Arlington Hts, IL, U.S.A.
Roth, Henry. Call It Sleep. Pageant Books, Inc., Patterson, 1960.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Patterson: Pageant Books, Inc., 1960. Originally published in 1934, Roth's iconic novel has from the first moment been a critical success. First Edition copies are out of range for most collectors; but this reissue can stand as a good place-holder. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition Thus, including a History by Harold A. Ribalow; a Critical Introduction by Maxwell Geismar; and a Personal Appreciation by Meyer Levin. Light gray cloth binding with a spine label in black and gilt. Clean text; 599 pages. The dustjacket is unclipped (but the price has been crossed out); a bit of darkening of the spine and margins; there is some light chipping along the edges. In an archival plastic protector. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Henry Roth. Call It Sleep. Pageant Books, 1960.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover, First thus 1960 Pageant Books 599 pages. Near Fine, in a NF DJ. Grey cloth boards with black spine panel and gilt titles - corners sharp. No previous owner marks - all pages are bright, clean and crisp.(Note: the font is somewhat larger than normal for this book. Not quite large print but close). Just a hint of shelf/edge wear, one tiny closed tear and a touch of toning to edges of unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Call It Sleep, originally published in 1934, is one of the great masterworks of American fiction. This edition includes a Critical Introduction by Maxwell Geismar, The History of Henry Roth and Call It Sleep by Harold U. Ribalow, and A Personal Appreciation by Meyer Levin. LOC FB-01
Seller: Eyebrowse Books, MWABA, Dearborn, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover. First thus 1960 Pageant Books 599 pages, price $5.95.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Roth, Henry. Call it Sleep. Pageant Books, Paterson, NJ, 1960.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 599pp.; HB lt.gray w/blk.&gilt; some rub w/corner-bump; sun on spine; some lt.soil; clean,tight pgs. DJ white&red w/b/w photocover; rubbed w/2x1"chip,tp.edge&1x3"chip,bttm.spine; rubbed w/lt.soil; wear on edges. " .a wonderful novel about a little boy's first years in a Brooklyn jungle. " signed card laid in; critical intro.by Maqxwell Geismar w/history of Roth by Harold U. Ribalow & personal appreciation by Meyer Levin.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Roth, Henry. Call It Sleep.. New York, Pageant Books, 1960., 1960.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Description: Second edition (first thus) with critical apparatus, history, and appreciation. Very good copy in very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Signed by Roth on the half-title. Roth parted company with the dominant social-realist strain of his contemporaries in this introspective, impressionistic story. This edition rescued the novel from oblivion. History by Henry U. Ribalow, critical introduction by Maxwell Geismar, and a personal appreciation by Meyer Levin. The real-life Roth family lived in Brownsville, a then somewhat remote, heavily Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, before moving to the Lower East Side: frying pan, meet fire.
Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.