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Dodsworth (Modern Library #252.1)
by LEWIS, Sinclair
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in 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. Good+ in Good dust jacket. [c.1966]. Hardcover. Ex-library. A Modern Library reprint edition of Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis's novel, which is a ". . .study of the American magnate in search of escape from the tensions of industrialism. . .". With a foreword by Clifton Fadiman. --- In Toledano spine 11 / turquoise cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / tan Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1966 (though 1947 date appears in book). ML #252.1. --- Evidence of former Butte, Montana lending library ownership consists of rubberstampings, pocket, frequent inked notations, spine label & circular embossings, otherwise a sound, tightly-bound copy. Rather bright jacket is wrapped in mylar protector which is taped to the book.; Ex-Library; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); vii, 377, (2, 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 #
- 87455
- Title
- Dodsworth (Modern Library #252.1)
- Author
- LEWIS, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1966]
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Pulitzer, Nobel, Booker, Nat Book Award Prize;
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
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