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Dodsworth (Modern Library #252.1)
by LEWIS, Sinclair
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1947. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition, 1947 (confirmed). A Modern Library edition of Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis's novel, which is the story of a wealthy American businessman who has sold his valuable company to a much larger competitor. Freed from the need to work, he takes his wife on extended travels in Europe. With a foreword by Clifton Fadiman. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 329 titles in ML catalog. ML #252.1. --- With inked markings scattered through the text, penciled notations at back of book, visible split at front gutter (which doesn't affect the soundness of the binding) and prior owner's signatures to front free endpaper & half title page, otherwise a sound, intact copy. Unclipped ($1.25) jacket with a few small tears & chips, sunned spine and slight soiling, otherwise intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Ex-Library; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); vii, 377, (6, ads) pages .
Synopsis
First published in 1929, Dodsworth tells the story of a well-to-do American couple, Sam and Fran, who move to Europe and learn that they don't have much in common. When the woman becomes involved with another man and falls into the spell of romantic Europe, her husband must choose between forgiving his wife or abandoning the relationship and returning to America alone.
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- Seller
- Bluebird Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 86811
- Title
- Dodsworth (Modern Library #252.1)
- Author
- LEWIS, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Pulitzer, Nobel, Booker, Nat Book Award Prize;
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About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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