BABBITT [With Signature]
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922. First Edition, First State. Hardcover. Octavo, 401 pages. In Very Good condition, lacking dust jacket. Bound in contemporary full blue cloth, with orange label and blue lettering to spine. Mild shelf wear and soiling, and mild scuffing to boards. Mild wear to crown and tail of spine. Clipped flat signature by Lewis loose within. Pages clean. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1345948. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1345948
- Title
- BABBITT [With Signature]
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First State
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- American Literature,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...