Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. First Edition. Very good+ in its original red, cloth covered boards with very tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with foxing to the hinge area on both fixed end sheets a reaction to the glue used in binding. Without its issued dust jacket. 301 pages of text.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB32616
Title: The Prodigal Parents
Author: Lewis, Sinclair
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1938

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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...
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