Garden City. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran. Near Fine in Poor dust jacket. 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is rubbed and edgeworn, lacking front flap and spine, with the remainder of the jacket in a fresh mylar sleeve. Book has darkened top page ends, has been read once or twice, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in red cloth with bright gilt titles. . Novel centered around the perennial battle between parents and revolting youth. Stated first edition. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 301 pages. T4 .

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Bookseller: Sweet Beagle Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 27580
Title: The Prodigal Parents
Author: Lewis, Sinclair
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Poor dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran
Place of Publication: Garden City. Garden City
Date Published: 1938
Keywords: Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction, General;

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