BETHEL MERRIDAY
by LEWIS, Sinclair
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Browning to endpapers with no significant effect on Lewis's inscription; cloth spine sunned. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrappe
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Browning to endpapers with no significant effect on Lewis's inscription; cloth spine sunned. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with staining along the edges from the removal of a previous jacket protector. A Novel of the Young Girl on the Stage." Dustwrapper art by John Falls. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the dedicatee on the dedication page: "To Gordon Harris/But for whom this/dedication may never/have occurred./Cornelius H. Traeger/N.Y.C. July 12, 1940." Also INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Lewis on the front endpaper: "To Gordon Harris/from another victim/of the deadly/Traeger habit/Sinclair Lewis/N.Y./June 22, 1940." From a book review in the 7 February 1949 issue of TIME Magazine: "On a June day in 1947, Manhattan Physician Cornelius Traeger suddenly took leave of his host, Sinclair Lewis, to visit a patient: 'I have a feeling that Johnny Gunther will die this weekend.' Johnny did die, of a brain tumor that more than a dozen doctors had fought unsuccessfully for 15 months. Johnny was only 17, a tall, good-looking, skinny kid who had graduated from Deerfield Academy and planned to enter Harvard that fall." Johnny Gunther, of course, was the subject of DEATH BE NOT PROUD, the best-selling book by his father, John Gunther, and the subject of this review.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020395
- Title
- BETHEL MERRIDAY
- Author
- LEWIS, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Browning to endpapers with no significant effect on Lewis's inscription; cloth spine sunned. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrappe
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Signed, Modern Firsts, Sinclair Lewis, Modern First Editions, Inscribed, John Falls
- Bookseller catalogs
- Inscribed;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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