Babbitt
by Sinclair Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
first edition first printing first state hardcover (Harcourt Brace 1922); no dust jacket; no prior owner marks; small offset to front free end page; minimal age tone; tight bind; clean cloth cover vivid titling; spine cloth has some fade; little wear at corner tips and spine ends; no dust jacket ambibmvdup
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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Details
- Bookseller
- DrPanglossBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 919042
- Title
- Babbitt
- Author
- Sinclair Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...