Babbitt
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Yucca Valley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
P.F. Collier & Son, reprint issue, 1922. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket.
Collier issued a series of re-prints of Lewis' work after he won the Pulitzer Prize. As pictured, this one is in the Navy cloth boards with gilt, and embossed Pulitzer on the front over Lewis' signature. There are numerous volumes available in identical covers.
Lightly bumped, headband slightly frayed. Binding tight. End papers browned, text clean, no creases or tears.
Collier issued a series of re-prints of Lewis' work after he won the Pulitzer Prize. As pictured, this one is in the Navy cloth boards with gilt, and embossed Pulitzer on the front over Lewis' signature. There are numerous volumes available in identical covers.
Lightly bumped, headband slightly frayed. Binding tight. End papers browned, text clean, no creases or tears.
Synopsis
Babbitt , by Sinclair Lewis, was first published in 1922. This novel is a satire of American culture. It critiques society and the socially-acceptable behavior of middle-class American life and its pressure on individuals toward conformity.
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Details
- Bookseller
- KnC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BF02920001025
- Title
- Babbitt
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P.F. Collier & Son
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Yucca Valley, California
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If you want to browse our shop by genre/subject, there is a category list at the bottom of this page.
Even though we sell used books, we want you to know what you will be getting. Whenever you buy something online, there's always that question in the back of your mind - because you can't see it, or hold it, or touch it.
That's why all of our books are individually described in detail, and individually scanned. We do not use generic descriptions or stock photos. The book you are looking at is the book on our shelf.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.