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Dodsworth ["Special Edition Presented to the Trade in Advance of Publication"]
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1929. First of this edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Harcourt Brace, 1929. States "Published March, 1929" in 1st binding. Advance review notice tipped in at front endpaper: "This is a Special Edition Presented to the Trade in Advance of Publication and is not for sale". One of the first 500 (or 900) in orange cloth, issued in late February 1929, preceding the 2nd binding in blue cloth (March, 1929). No dust jacket. Black top edge. 1/4 inch bump and break at top of front board. First 50 pages have 1/8" closed tear at top. Title on title page lightly stained. Barely perceptible dampstain along inside hinge, front board @2 1/2" at heel, and top of title page and first few pages. No former owner names. Tipped in Advance Review page at front is in good+ condition, with only a tiny closed tear at top. In archival acetate jacket. An inferior copy, but looks good on the shelf.
Synopsis
First published in 1929, Dodsworth tells the story of a well-to-do American couple, Sam and Fran, who move to Europe and learn that they don't have much in common. When the woman becomes involved with another man and falls into the spell of romantic Europe, her husband must choose between forgiving his wife or abandoning the relationship and returning to America alone.
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- The Book House in Dinkytown
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 276556
- Title
- Dodsworth ["Special Edition Presented to the Trade in Advance of Publication"]
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First of this edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SLEWIS LITERA
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