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Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn: A History of Myself. Horace Liveright NY (c1931), 1931.
Price: US$7.40 + shipping
Description: 589pp. large 8vo Red cloth & black cloth back 1st Edition Spine heavily sunned, a few light cover spots, occasional light foxing, moderate cover wear: VG- no dj
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. An American Tragedy : Two Volues In One. Horace Liveright, 1931.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Unmarked, Clean And Solid. Black Covers With Gold Lettering On Spine. Normal Shelf Wear. Lettering On Spine A Little Faded But Legible.
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. Dawn A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, 1931.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Theodore Dreiser. Dawn: A History of Myself. New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., (1931). First Trade Edition. Large 8vo. 589 pages. Black & red cloth, lettering dulled, head of spine frayed, short crack to front joint, top corners bumped, old & small clear tape repair to short tear at edge of title page (darkened). Good, lacking dj. ; Lg 8vo ; 589 pages
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy Two Columes in One. Horace Liveright, 1931.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: his novel tracks the process by which an ordinary young man is capable of committing a ruthless murder, and the further process by which social and political forces come into play after his arrest. In Clyde Griffiths, the impoverished, restless offspring of a family of street preachers, we see a portrait of a man whose circumstances and dreams of self-betterment conspire to pull him toward an act of unforgivable violence. Orange cloth, dark green titles on spine, dark green facsimile of Drieser's signature on front board. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. No DJ. Previous owner's notes on front endpaper, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square with no fading on boards. Corners lightly bumped. Front hinge is loose but still attached. A good reading copy.
Seller: Code X Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. THEODORE DREISER'S AMERICAN TRAGEDY. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 5 x 8, 407 pgs. Based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of her lover, Chester Gillette.
Seller: High-Lonesome Books, Silver City, NM, U.S.A.
Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy Complete in One Volume. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Early printing. Measuring approximately 7.75" v 5.25" with 409 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and chipping to entire spine. Spine peeling up front binding at rear gutter. Moderate staining to both boards. Interior pages are clean. Lacking front endpaper. It was based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of her lover, Chester Gillette. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O1-13).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. Tragic America. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Good. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners, spine and cover edges browned, pages lightly browned, cover and foredges soiled, worn spine edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn: a History of Myself. New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Condition: DJ price-clipped with tears and nicking; else a very good+ copy in a fair DJ. 589 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
THEODORE DREISER. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. HORACE LIVERIGHT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1931.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NEW YORK. NEW EDITION IN ONE VOLUME SEPTEMBER 1929. 4TH PRINTING AUGUST 1931. 409pp. Book Description: Black Leather spine cover, gold gilt embossed title, edge of leather seam embossed with leaf scroll design, boards covered with faux blue leather cover, black leather capped corners with leaf scroll design on edge bordering blue faux leather. Condition: Very Good; light pencil mark around title, corners lightly rubbed, edge browning of inside board pages, black leather bumped/rubbed in some areas, interior pages bright and clean, spine tight, boards springy. (ITEMS #13, 189-197 ALL PART OF DANISH LITERATURE COLLECTION WITH SAME BINDING).
Seller: dC&A Books, Crockett, CA, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, E-005, 1931.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Horace Liveright, New York. 1931. 589 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (piece missing from the front panel of the DJ). Bound in black cloth and red paper covered boards with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The autobiography of Theodore Dreiser, the American novelist and journalist. Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) , American novelist, was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and attended Indiana University. He began his writing career as a newspaperman, working in Chicago, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh. His first novel, Sister Carrie (1900) , was purchased by a publisher who thought it objectionable and made little effort to promote its sale. With the publication of The Financier in 1912, he was able to give up newspaper work and devote himself to writing. He became known as one of the principal exponents of American naturalism, and in 1944, he was awarded the Merit Medal for Fiction by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 589 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Tragic America. Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, 1931.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Previous owner's name in ink on FFEP. Lightly worn.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Tragic America. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 435pp; gray cloth. Mixed state, with "filched" on p. 49 and other corrections made. Rear hinge cracked; shelf-rubbed; very good in an edgeworn dust jacket, front flap detached, spine faded a shade
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore.. Tragic America.. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 435 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Neat old ink ownership signature; slight crack to gutter at half-title;slight use to cloth; tight and sound in a price-clipped dust jacket with a very faded spine, small chips, and several tears.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Theodore Dreiser. Tragic America. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Horace Liveright, [1931]. First Edition, Mixed State with "filched" uncorrected on p. 49, all other points in the later, post-publication state (adhering to every other copy currently on the market, for what it's worth). Thick octavo; publisher's cloth, red topstain, in decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [8],435pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, spine rather sunned, faint soil spot to spine foot, contemporary rubberstamp date to front flap, front endpapers unevenly toned from previously-removed newspaper clippings, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Dreiser's scathing political and economic survey of Depression-era United States, with chapters devoted to the wrongs committed by banks, corporations, railways, and the Supreme Court. PIZER A31-2.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. An American Tragedy. HORACE LIVERIGHT, NY, 1931.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: fourth printing 1931 hb with leather spine in g cond. marbled boards with floral endpapers 2 volumes combined in one book. edges and corners rubbed and chipped lightly DATE PUBLISHED: 1931 EDITION: 431+409PP
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. The Genius. Horace Liveright Publisher, New York, 1931.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fifteenth Printing. About Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), rubbed at the surface, edges, and corners. Orange buckram with black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Dreiser's novel about Eugene Witla and his art career that takes him "from one adventure to another, from one love to the next, from the peak of fame to the abyss of despair."
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy, Two Volumes in One. Horace Liveright, N.Y., 1931.
Price: US$302.40 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: po stamp on last rear blank page; New Edition in one volume
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Dreiser, Theodore. Tragic America. Horace Liveright, Inc, New York, 1931.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover chip on spine tape repair. 2.00 printed price.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Theodore Dreiser. Tragic America. Horace Liveright, E-55, 1931.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Horace Liveright, Inc. 1931. 435 pgs. First Edition/Mixed state with "filched" in the first state, but others in later states. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ (light chipping present to the spine ends; light fading present to the spine, DJ split along the joint of the front flap and front panel). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards lightly rubbed and worn. E-55; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 435 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. Tragic America. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, mixed state with "filched" in the first state, but others in later states. A few light penciled notes on the front fly from a critic (and easily erasable), else fine in a slightly spine-fading, near fine dustwrapper with a small chip at the crown, and along the rear flap fold. A nicer than usual copy. For those desperate for a new film source, this was the basis for a 1976 Czechoslovakian television series, "Americká tragédia" - don't even ask why we know this. A nicer than usual copy in an earlier state - reportedly only a half-dozen copies of the first state were bound.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 435 pages of text. Inscribed on front endpaper "For Herbert V. Prochnow from [signed] Theodore Dreiser NY 1934." One word following "NY" is not legible. Grey hardcover cloth binding is slightly shelfworn at extremities, mostly to spine, with a few tiny spots of staining, and one corner lightly bumped. Endpapers are slightly browned. The rear pastedown has two labels affixed which are fragments of the mailing packaging. The unclipped dustjacket with moderate wear to edges and extremities with minor chipping, soiling, a few light creases and a small loss of color due to marring on front flap; protected in archival mylar. This is a mixed state copy, with "pocketed " for "filched" on page 49 line 14, with all others corrected. Included is a TLS on Dreiser's stationery, signed by his secretary, Evelyn Light, dated Feb 14, 1934. Additionally, a postcard signed by Light dated Feb 27, 1934, and a copy of the original letter sent by Prochnow on Jan 26, 1934 to Dreiser, requesting that he autograph the book. First edition, mixed state.
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. DAWN: A HISTORY OF MYSELF. Horace Liveright, Inc. (1931), New York, 1931.
Price: US$1562.50 + shipping
Description: There was also a limited signed edition of 275 copies. This copy is INSCRIBED for Ralph Fabri "love included" and SIGNED by Dreiser in May of 1931 (The book was published May 8.). Fabri was a Hungarian painter who was commissioned to paint a portrait of Dreiser's cousin and companion Helen in 1929 and who became Helen's confidant as she poured out her troubles over Dreiser's womanizing. Dreiser would marry Helen in 1944, a year before his death. Fabri, who became a lifelong friend of both Dreisers, was eventually put in charge of supervising the construction of Dreiser's monstrous home, Iroke, that would prove to be an albatross to the writer in his later, more difficult financial years. Some sunning to the spine which has minor wear at the head. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.