{"product_id":"melville-goodwin-u-s-a","title":"Melville Goodwin, U.S.A","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn P. Marquand. Stated first edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Both unclipped dust jacket (in a mylar wrapper) and hardcover are in Very Good+ condition. No writing or markings found in this well-preserved copy, 596 pp. Dust jacket design by the great George Salter. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the author’s ninth novel and \u003cspan\u003ea significant contemporary success as well as a National Book Award finalist.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA handsome and well-preserved first edition of John P. Marquand’s postwar American novel, Melville Goodwin, USA. The story centers on Major General Melville Goodwin, a highly decorated military officer whose transition from wartime hero to civilian life presents challenges that no battlefield training could prepare him for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarquand was one of America’s most popular novelists of the mid-20th century, best known for The Late George Apley and his Mr. Moto novels. Melville Goodwin, USA was a significant contemporary success and was selected as a finalist for the National Book Award (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1952\/03\/29\/theres-no-time?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dust jacket features the work of the renowned book designer George Salter, making this an especially attractive example for collectors of mid-century American literature and modern dust-jacket design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51680068075753,"sku":"BTB01613","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1749\/0665\/files\/47E5CE1D-5F60-45EC-8145-B7BCBD5BF877.jpg?v=1786904354","url":"https:\/\/burningtreebookshop.com\/it\/products\/melville-goodwin-u-s-a","provider":"Burning Tree Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}