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First Printing. A Fine copy in pale blue cloth, spine titling on dark blue panel at spine, black topstain. Lacking the scarce dustwrapper. 599pp. Tiny scratch top rear board. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. An immigrant novel set in the New York tenements, now widely regarded as the finest of its kind. Q11207.

Call It Sleep is a novel by Henry Roth that tells the story of a young Jewish boy growing up in the immigrant slums of New York City during the early 20th century. The narrative explores themes of identity, assimilation, and the struggle to find a sense of belonging.