Elmer Gantry
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First Printing. Hard Cover. First edition, first issue, with "Gantry" spelled "Cantry" on the spine. Publisher's full navy cloth with reverse panel in orange on cover and spine, fore-edge deckle. . Minor shelf-wear, some light foxing to edges of a few pages, front hinge just starting, upper board slightly bowed, else fine; unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 432 pp .
Synopsis
Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 and published by Harcourt in March 1927.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16891
- Title
- Elmer Gantry
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Literature;, Fiction;, First Edition, First printing, American Classics
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.