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Storm in the West
by Sinclair Lewis; Dore Schary
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stein and Day, 1963. NF/VG. First Edition. First printing with no other printings listed. The book is tight with solid hinges and good tips. There is a small "Plantation Book Shop, Natchez, Miss" sticker on map endpapers. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Facsimile signatures on the title page and front cover. The dust jacket is unclipped ($4.95) with fading to the spine and light wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 192 pages. 5¾ x 8½". Forward by Dore Schary, and nine sketches of primary characters by Sol Baer Fielding.
Originally written by Sinclair Lewis and Dory Schary as a screenplay for MGM (that never got made), it is an allegory of World War II written as a Western novel. The main villain is named Hygatt (Hitler), with his henchmen are Gribbles (Goebbels), and Gerrett (Goering). Also featured are Churchill (Chancel) and Stalin (Slavin).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4569
- Title
- Storm in the West
- Author
- Sinclair Lewis; Dore Schary
- Illustrator
- So Baer Fielding
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Stein and Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 192
- Size
- 5.75 x 8.5
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Sinclair Lewis, MGM, Western, Hitler, Churchill
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
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Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
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