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Alice Adams
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hudson, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Garden City Ny: Doubleday, Page and Co, 1921 this is the 1st issue(bibliography-Russo,Sullivan) with page 419 issue point with the words "you why" instead of "why you". No dustjacket with this book(check my other listings for a later printing with its orginal dj). Covers still has its brick brown color, but they are lightly soiled, with all its black lettering intact, soiled spine with light shelf wear, covers also have light shelf wear, inside the hinge bottom is showing the webbing(could be fixed while inserting the Autograph),but no foxing or stains, a small bookstore sticker on the inside front cover bottom. webbing showing pg. 138-139. One of the better condition books I've seen. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Arthur William Brown. Included is a limitation page from the Autograph Edition un-numbered of 565 copies and its portrait of Booth from a painting by James Montgomery Flagg and its tissue guard. If trimmed would make a nice tipped in signature, for a very rare COA signed copy. A little restoration would make this copy worth 100-1000s more.
Synopsis
This compelling satire details irresistible characteristics of social status in a small Midwestern town. Mr. and Mrs. Adams and their two children are members of the lower middle-class. Their daughter, Alice, wrestles with this economic classification and attempts to make the society folk of the town appreciate her. Because Alice has no social influence nor wealth and her presence is held in disregard by prospective suitors, Mrs. Adams tries to improve the situation by persuading her husband to leave a job he's held all his life and to establish a new career. After much apprehension and in possession of a glue formula stolen from his previous employer, he resigns his mediocre but satisfying employment which puts him in a predicament that leads to his professional downfall. Tarkington's understanding of class rivalries, social condescension, and financial avarice is evident in this tale where his main point indicates that in every joyless moment hope, though unexpected, is attainable. He illustrates how the Adams' laborious efforts are ultimately unsuccessful. Any intrusion by Alice and her mother on the upper class is unlikely and Tarkington's depiction of such is secretly amusing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pulitzer Prize Books.com
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p173
- Title
- Alice Adams
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Illustrator
- Arthur William Brown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Co
- Place of Publication
- Garden City Ny
- Date Published
- 1921
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Winner 1921
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About the Seller
Pulitzer Prize Books.com
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Hudson, Florida
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I am a private collector, mainly Pulitzer Prize winners, but I inherited 1000's of hardcovers and looking to sell them off. I will be relocating in the near future, and need to lighten the load.
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