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Miller, Arthur. Focus. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945.

Price: US$4.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

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Seller: Ahab Books, Glencoe, CA, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. Focus. Reynal & Hitchcock, NY, 1945.

Price: US$5.00 + shipping

Description: A vintage acutal 1945 fourth printing. Good minus. Has previous owners mark "Fenton Property" inside and has easy to see ageing to the white paper and cover dulling.

Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. FOCUS. Reynal and Hitchcock, 1945.

Price: US$6.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Publication of 217 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. There are minor marks on the last two blank pages. The pages are complete and the text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Arthur Miller. FOCUS. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945.

Price: US$7.00 + shipping

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Seller: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur.. Focus.. N.Y:Reynal Hitchcock. 1945. Hardcover., 1945.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Description: Miller's 1st book. 2nd edition. v.g.-fine. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. Focus. , 1945.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1945, Reynal & Hitchcock, HB (no dj, tan boards with black and blue titles) 217pp, G+ (corners lightly bumped, covers lightly soiled, spine a little faded, interior clean and unmarked, binding tight)

Seller: Jennifer Duncan, North Aurora, IL, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. FOCUS. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 217pp

Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. FOCUS. N.Y. Reynal. 1945, 1945.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Description: Third printing. Very good. 217pp. Miller's novel about anti-Semitism. (loc 584)

Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. Focus. Book Find Club/Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, New York, 1945.

Price: US$22.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Author's first novel, in which he starkly addresses the complexity of racial & ethnic relations & the fear of the "other" in an urban setting. "Could very well be to the virus of American anti-semitism what "Uncle Tom's Cabin' was to .slavery." Orig. published by Reynal & Hitchcock in 1945, this is a Book Find Club Edition, a hardcover octavo in 217 pages with light red cloth-covered boards stamped with silver lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: clean with fading to top edges, light soil & dust dulling to all outside page edges.Interior paged modestly tanned & unmarked save for former owner's name & date in pen to ffep. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $2.50 price intact to front flap, unusual for a BCE), is Good, with light chipping & rubbing to all extremities, light soil & foxing; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. FOCUS. Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945.

Price: US$22.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description:

Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur.. FOCUS.. New York: Book Find Club (Reynal and Hitchcock), (1945) dj, 1945.

Price: US$24.50 + shipping

Description: Hardcover - Book club edition. Early edition of this noted playwright's first novel, second book, a story of anti-Semitism in the United States -but more broadly a look at how attitudes change when someone is first perceived to be "like us" and then is revealed to be the "other." the publisher's name Reynal and Hitchcock is shown both on the spine of the book and on the dust jacket. 217 pp. Near fine in a light red cloth with silver lettering in a good dust jacket (prev owner;s name, overall edgewear to the dj, price of 2.50 still present on upper corner of front flap).

Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. Focus. Book Find Club (George Braziller), New York, 1945.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: New York: Book Find Club (George Braziller), 1945. An early work by Miller, dealing with racism, in particularly anti-Semitism; his great plays were a few years ahead. Originally published by Reynal & Hitchcock; this is a Near Fine copy of the book club edition, actually a nice prodeuction. Deep red cloth binding with silver lettering on the spine. Clean text; 217 pages. Quite nice despite being wartime paper stock. The dustjacket, which reproduces Hitchcock's, is Good only; tattered, with three large chips, and weak at the foldss (which are held together by the archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.

MILLER, ARTHUR. FOCUS. REYNAL & HITCHCOCK PUB 1945 verso, NY, 1945.

Price: US$38.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VERY GOOD Condition in Good Dust Jacket. ENDPAPER Name "Fred R. Munger Jan 5 1946". GOOD+ DJ has several 1" edge tears and 4 small edge chips. ; Black spine & cover titles on off white cloth hard covers. VERY CLEAN, SOLID & BRIGHT BOOK.DJ back panel has 2x2" photo of author & biog.".Focus is his first Novel". (NOT A BCED).; 217ps pages; OMINOUS OPENING.TERIFIC PACE.".I have tried to show this turning of the soul of a man from fear to welcoming .changed its idea of him.confront a man with his own hallucination."

Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, U.S.A.

MILLER, ARTHUR. Focus. New York Reynal & Hitchcock 1945, 1945.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Ownership signature. Lightly used copy with some faint discolorations to the cloth and a bit of sunning to the spine without dust jacket. The basis of the recent film starring William H. Macy and Laura Dern.

Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

MILLER, Arthur. Focus. Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: True 1st in third printing DW w/$2.50 price; Chipped, torn, tape repaired DW shows okay in mylar; 217pp. Priced accordingly.

Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. Focus. Reynal, 1945.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Second printing. 145 pages. Good copy with no jacket. Soiling and fading.

Seller: LEA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, Jamaica, NY, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. FOCUS. Reynal & Hitchcock: NY, 1945.

Price: US$51.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 7.75 x 5", cloth, 217pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, pp toned, in a rubbed, extremity worn/creased dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP); dustjacket has a $2.50 price on front flap.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. Focus. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. A very good copy in a good jacket , complete with $2.50 price (jacket has some chips and tears)., Author's scarce first novel. [6] +217 pages.

Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur.. FOCUS.. NY: REYNAL & HITCHCOCK. 1945, 1945.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. Very close to fine in a good only dj. (Small faint stain at upper edge of spine on cloth. Half-inch chipping at spine ends on dj. Slightly less than one-inch chip by 1 1/2-inch chip at upper lefthand corner of front cover of dj.) Author's only novel.

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur. Focus. Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: DJ in archival cover chips.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Arthur Miller. Focus (First Edition). Reynal and Hitchcock, New York, 1945.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. A novel by the playwright, basis for the 2001 film starring William H. Macy and Laura Dern. Very Good plus in a Good only dust jacket. Owner name on the front endpaper. Jacket is moderately rubbed and edgeworn overall, with multiple cello tape repairs on the inside jacket, and a small chip on the heel.

Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur.. Focus.. New York Reynal & Hitchcock ( ), 1945.

Price: US$89.10 + shipping

Description: 217 S. Original-Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. Erste Ausgabe. - Umschlag mit kl. Randläsuren. Gewicht (Gramm): 276

Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany

MILLER, Arthur. FOCUS. Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 12mo, 217 pages, gray cloth Signed by Miller on the title-page. Miller's first novel.

Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

MILLER, Arthur. Focus. Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The first novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning play"Death of a Salesman." Adapted into a Neal Slavin directed movie that starred William H. Macy, Laura Dern, and David Paymer. A clean and tight very near fine copy in cloth boards in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the base of the rear panel and some other very minute wear. A very nice copy.

Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.

Miller, Arthur.. FOCUS.. REYNAL & HITCHCOCK., NY, 1945.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. Close to fine in pale grey cloth covers in close to near fine dust jacket. (Upper corners minutely bumped. Hints of shelf wear at spine ends. 2 half-inch tears with light edge wear at top & bottom of front cover of jacket. ) Far better than average copy of the author's SECOND book, and FIRST novel.

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

MILLER, Arthur. Focus. Reynal, New York, 1945.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: Small 8vo, tan cloth (stained at the edges), front & back flyleaves darkened, d.w. N.Y.: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945. First Edition. The dust wrapper is lightly edge-chipped but price intact. Miller has signed the front flyleaf, with a date, which he then altered. The book is in a custom made cloth clamshell case.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Arthur Miller. Focus. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1945.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Octavo, gray cloth lettered in blue and black; unclipped dust jacket with slight edgewear. First edition, first printing, of Miller's second book. Jensen A.II. A handsome copy signed by Miller on the title page.

Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.

Arthur Miller. Focus (Signed First Edition). Victor Gollancz, London, 1945.

Price: US$675.00 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition, preceded by the First Edition published by Reynal and Hitchcock the same year. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Basis for the 2001 film starring William H. Macy and Laura Dern. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Faint toning to the front endpaper and half-title page. Jacket with faint overall rubbing, light wear to the crown and heel, and a small closed tear to the right panel near the spine fold.

Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

MILLER, Arthur. Focus. Reynal and Hitchcock, New York, 1945.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in lightly rubbed near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears. Inscribed by Miller to publisher and author William Targ. Miller's first novel, a very nice copy, and uncommon signed.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.