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Elmer Gantry
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Maysville, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. 432 pp. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York (1927). First Edition. First Impression. Letter "G" in Gantry on front board and spine appear to be "C". Book is unmarked inside and out. Binding is square and tight. Minor edgewear and bumping to extremities. Ink on block lettering on spine half worn. Four-inch crack in middle of rear pastedown hinge. No DJ. Book is overall Very Good to Near Fine. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap, with a tracking number.
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
- BookRanger
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BR-1217-373
- Title
- Elmer Gantry
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Sewn binding is square and tight. Block and pages are clean and unmarked. Book appears to be gently read.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Fiction. Religion. Show Business.
Terms of Sale
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Maysville, Georgia
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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