Babbitt
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1922. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First issue with "Purdy" page 49 line 4 and "my fellow human" page 49 line 5. Hinge cracked at half-title, offset to endpages, slight foxing primarily at text block edges. Price -clipped jacket has cloth tape on interior spine ends, and a tear at front flap along fold, nearly halfway across the fold. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17733
- Title
- Babbitt
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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