It Can't Happen Here.

New York, NY P.F. Collier & Son, 1935. Hardcover Collier Standard Edition [1935]. Very Good: shows mild wear to the extremities; a little rubbing and smudging to the panels; just a hint of spine lean; faint darkening to the backstrip, though the titles remain bold and clearly legible. The binding remains square and secure; the text is clean, but the pages show just a touch of tanning, due to aging. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text.. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A carefully used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor cosmetic flaws. An attractive reading copy: clean and tightly bound. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.25 x 1.25 inches). 458 pages. Blue cloth over boards with embossed medallion with bust of Lewis at the front panel above Lewis's gilt signature. Similar design and embossed medallion with gilt titles and signature at the backstrip. Language: English. Weight: 15.5 ounces. Collier Standard Edition [1935]. Hardback: Lacks DJ. The only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith, It Can't Happen Here is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression when America was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a President who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, rampant promiscuity, crime, and a liberal press. It Can't Happen Here remains uniquely important, a shockingly prescient novel that's as fresh and contemporary as today's news.