A MAN COULD STAND UP
New York, New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First U.S. Edition. Octavo, 347 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is light green with dark green lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$2.50" on front flap, and has mild general soiling and age toning along covers, mild chipping to tail fore corners, and severe sunning along spine. Boards have mild shelving wear along extremities and mild rubbing wear along spine head and tail. Text block edges mildly scuffed and moderately age toned, head edge dyed green. DL Consignment. Shelved Room C.
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Special Collections - Upstairs
Price: $300
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A MAN COULD STAND UP is the third novel in Ford's timeless tetralogy, Parade's End. The series follows the last English Tory, a British officer named Christopher Tietjens who experiences a complex sexual relationship with his adulterous wife. Ford's depiction of these individuals who struggle to maintain normalcy amidst chaos, appealed greatly to disillusioned readers who also sought connection despite division and hardship. Unfortunately, his writing only did so much to persuade governments against fighting. Ford died the same year that World War II began, though his work went on to have cultural, literary, and historic reverberations that can still be felt today.