A vintage Howard Fast 3-book bundle for readers who love sweeping Historical Fiction / Family Saga novels with big personalities, big history, and multigenerational drama.
This set follows the Lavette family across immigration, ambition, war, politics, and changing American life, with San Francisco as a vivid backdrop.
Photo-verified details show matching Houghton Mifflin hardcovers with dust jackets, plus clearly visible jacket wear that makes this a solid reader’s set rather than a collector-grade set.
If you love story-first vintage fiction, this is a handsome bundle with real shelf presence and plenty of reading still left in it.
Quick Specs
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Item Type: Vintage hardcover book bundle, 3 volumes
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Size: Approx. 9 x 6 x 1.5 in. each
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Material: Cloth boards with dust jackets
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Color: Multicolor illustrated dust jackets; red and tan boards visible beneath jackets
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Origin or Maker: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
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Year or Era: 1977, 1978, 1985
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GENRE: Historical Fiction; Family Saga
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Language / Pages: English; The Immigrants 340 pages, Second Generation 407 pages, The Immigrant’s Daughter 275 pages
Edition & Features
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Edition/Printing: Mixed later/book club style editions; book club edition is visible on at least The Immigrants and The Immigrant’s Daughter. Second Generation is a book club edition also.
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Dust Jacket: Present on all three volumes
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Extras: Matching trilogy grouping; coordinated vintage jacket art
Condition Grade: Good
- Noticeable shelf and jacket wear throughout. Second Generation has the heaviest damage, with a large open tear/loss at the top of the front dust jacket and additional chipping/crumpling along the jacket edges.
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The Immigrants shows tearing and chipping at the jacket spine ends and edge wear.
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The Immigrant’s Daughter shows rubbing/soiling and age discoloration to the jacket, especially near the lower front edge. Boards remain present and text blocks look intact; interiors shown appear clean and readable with no writing visible in the photographed pages.
Sold as a reading set with attractive vintage display appeal, not as a fine collector set. See all photos for detail—sold as pictured.
Condition Grade Key
Near Fine: minimal wear; tight; clean.
Very Good: light wear; clean text; minor flaws.
Good: noticeable wear; sound reading copy; some marks.
Fair: heavy wear; complete but worn; priced accordingly
These three novels are part of Howard Fast’s Lavette family saga. The Immigrants begins with Dan Lavette and the building of a life in San Francisco; Second Generation shifts the focus to Barbara Lavette through the Depression and World War II; The Immigrant’s Daughter returns to Barbara later in life as the saga moves into politics and public life. The series began in 1977 and continued through the 1980s and beyond.
About the Author: Howard Fast
Howard Fast was a prolific American writer best known for Spartacus, and he published dozens of novels, screenplays, and works of nonfiction across a long career. His Lavette family books blend page-turning family drama with big historical settings, which is exactly why these older hardcovers still attract readers.
A strong vintage reading bundle for anyone who likes family sagas with real momentum.
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