BABBITT; By Sinclair Lewis

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1922. First Edition, First Issue. Decorative cloth. Very Good/None. 8vo (7 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 1 1/2"), dark blue cloth with black lettering on orange rectilinear "labels" on spine and front cover, [6] + 401 pages + [6] ADS. Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) was an American writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. <br /> <br /> Lewis is best known for his novels Main Street (1920), BABBITT (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935).<br /> <br /> Babbitt explores the moral challenges faced by a typical hard-working American businessman from a Midwestern town who had Conservative middle-class values. The name "Babbitt" became synonymous with narrow-minded bigotry. More successful than Main Street, Babbitt "established Lewis as a major American author"--Pastore, p.105.<br /> <br /> ATTRACTIVE solid copy internally and externally. Uncommon in this tight, bright, clean condition. Some fraying to the top of the spine. Light age-toning to pages as is typical. Bookseller's tag on rear pastedown. First issue with "Purdy" for "Lyte" & "my fellow human" errors near top of page 49. Pastore, 8. Johnson High Spot, pp.50-51.