Babbitt.
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922.. 8vo. 401 pp. Very Good, Blue Decorative Cloth with minimal sun-fading, minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear on boards; stains on edges of text block; some shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; bookplate of previous owner inside back cover. Review by Chester Rowell tipped in on FFEP. First Edition: First State.
Synopsis
Babbitt , by Sinclair Lewis, was first published in 1922. This novel is a satire of American culture. It critiques society and the socially-acceptable behavior of middle-class American life and its pressure on individuals toward conformity.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15-3666
- Title
- Babbitt.
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Linguistics;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2006
San Francisco, California
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- Rubbing
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- Shelf Wear
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- Edges
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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