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Scenes from the Life of an American Jew

"HIS WRITING SPARKLES WITH THE CLEAN LINES OF A GEM"

SANFORD, John. Scenes from the Life of an American Jew. Santa Barbara, 1985-91. Five volumes.

Signed limited first editions of the five volumes of Sanford's autobiography, beautifully printed by Black Sparrow Press, each volume one of only 150 or 125 signed by Sanford—three of them signed by him using both his pseudonym, John Sanford, and his given name, Julian Shapiro. For this work Sanford won the PEN/Faulkner Award; he also won the Los Angeles Times Lifetime Achievement Award. $650.

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Old Man's Place

"A SUSTAINED BEAUTY AND PASSION THAT IS RARELY SEEN"

SANFORD, John. Old Man's Place. New York, 1935.

First edition of the first novel published under Sanford's pseudonym, signed by him, a novel that brilliantly explores "the violence at the core of the American psyche," a bold work that led to his career as a screenwriter before being blacklisted for refusing to name names before HUAC, an exceptional copy in the bright original dust jacket. $450.

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