John Dos Passos. Stated first edition, first printing. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930. Missing dust jacket, though it does have both front/back flaps of original jacket pasted down on the inside covers. There are also some markings on the inside front/back flyleaf pages. Otherwise, no additional markings or writing found in the book, 426 pp.
The book paints a sweeping portrait of the United States during the early 20th century, particularly in the years leading up to and through World War I.
The first installment in Dos Passos' masterpiece U.S.A. trilogy. While copies of 1919 and Big Money are still able to be sourced, copies of The 42nd Parallel have become increasingly uncommon especially in the original dust jacket.
