DOS PASSOS, John. *La Grosse Galette* (*Big Money*). - Lot 171

DOS PASSOS, John. *La Grosse Galette* (*Big Money*). The original French edition on vellum of the third and final installment of the *U.S.A.* trilogy, a masterful odyssey through early modern America. Paris, Gallimard – “Du monde entier” series, 1946. Fort in-12, midnight blue half-shagreen, smooth spine, yellow head, covers and spine intact, slipcase. 595 pp. Spine faded with a few fine scratches; a small tear in the paper at the top margin of page 7, without affecting the text. French first edition of this novel, translated by Charles de Richter. One of 105 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre pure-thread vellum (no. LXXII). *La Grosse Galette* is the third and final installment of the *U.S.A.* trilogy, in which John Dos Passos (1896–1970) masterfully employs a simultaneous narrative style that draws on journalism and cinema. He paints a portrait of a modern, gigantic, and overwhelming America that, in this installment, trembles under the blows of the Great Depression of the 1930s. A beautiful copy.