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Dreiser, Theodore. Chains, Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, N.Y., 1927.

Price: US$11.37 + shipping

Description: Moderate to heavy wear to spine and edges. Binding starting to become loose, pages age toned. Glue residue to inner front cover from book plate. Presentation copy stamped on title page.

Seller: Bay Used Books, Sudbury, ON, Canada

DREISER, Theodore. Chains. Boni & Liverwright, 1927.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good blue boards with faded lettering along spine. Binding and hinges slightly loose and square; Contents clean and unmarked except for owner name on title page. No dust jacket. 425pp. FFEP missing, page 9 detached from book but present. Cover soiled. Webbing showing at paste downs. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

Seller: Imperial Books and Collectibles, Wauwatosa, WI, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore. Chains. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition. Good. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and lightly bumped corners, cover and foredges lightly soiled, chipped gold stamping on front cover, stamped on front endpaper, loose hinges. Stored in clear mylar cover that is torn at spine top. 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. Chains. Boni and Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$19.49 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: All books outside UK sent airmail and over £40 tracked and inside UK signed for. PayPal accepted. First edition. Lesser novels and stories including some weird and fantasy stories. Original navy blue cloth, titling gilt on spine very worn as is gilt on front cover. Internally clean.

Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

DREISER, Theodore. Chains, Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition. Binding slightly loose, cover lightly rubbed with modest edgewear, spine tanned, good only, lacking the dust jacket. Fifteen short stories and novellas, including "Sanctuary", "The Hand", "Typhoon", "Marriage for One", "The Prince Who Was a Thief" and others.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$22.50 + shipping

Description: 10mo; pp 425; G+/no-DJ; navy spine with gilt text; cloth has slightly sunned exterior; light edge wear; strong boards; text block shows age toning to exterior edge; deckled fore edge; interior lightly toned; good, tight binding. 1316053. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni and Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$24.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Light wear, pages yellowed, a little soiling to the margins; a good book overall. The dust jacket is heavily chipped, torn and worn; discolored. Includes Sanctuary, The Hand, Chains, St. Columbia and the River, Convention, Khat, Typhoon, The Old Neighborhood, Phantom Gold, Marriage for One, Fulfillment, The Victor, The Shadow, The Mercy of God, The Prince Who Was a Thief. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 200574.

Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Bookplate.

Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945). Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 425 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with lettering to spine and script to front cover in original jacket. First edition. After the publication of his novel An American Tragedy (1925), Theodore Dreiser was generally considered the United States' greatest living author. He received early encouragement from the influential critic, H. L. Mencken, and his novel Sister Carrie (1900) enjoyed a warm critical reception in England, though its poor sales in the United States drove Dreiser to clinical depression. Dreiser wrote thirty-one short stories, and many of these were revised and collected in two volumes: Free and Other Stories (1918) and Chains (1927). Dreiser pioneered Naturalism in the United States along with Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, and James T. Farrell, all of whom maintained that men and women had very little agency in their lives, and that their fate was determined largely by such ungovernable forces as biology, economics, and society. Short stories included in Chains are "Sancturary", "The Hand", "Chains", "St Columbia and the River", "Convention", "Khat", "Typhoon", "The Old Neighborhood", "Phantom Gold", "Marriage for One", "Fulfillment", "The Victor", "The Shadow", "The Mercy of God", and "The Price Who Was a Thief". Condition: A touch of staining at heal edges. Jacket badly chipped with 1/3 missing from spin, detached along front hinge, corners chipped, water stain at heal edges, spine darkened else about a very good copy in a poor jacket.

Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains : Lesser Novels and Stories of Theodore Dreiser. Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$37.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Original blue gilt cloth. Mild rubbing to spine tip with some loss to title gilt, else a very good, clean, unmarked and tight copy. Uncommon Dreiser title.

Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains, Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1927.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. 425 pages. Dark blue cloth, gilt spine titles, gilt front quotation; orange dust jacket, now protected in clear plastic. Minor wear to extremities of boards, softening to spine head & tail, small blemish to upper rear corner; interior unmarked, lightly and uniformly age-toned; some wear and chipping to extremities of price-clipped jacket, age-toning to spine and upper extremities. A very good to very good plus copy in a very good jacket.

Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.

theodore dreiser. chains. boni and liveright, 1927.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: blue hardcover gold lettering nice condition

Seller: A.C. Daniel's Collectable Books, South Paris, ME, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains. Lesser Novels and Stories.. Boni & Liveright, N.Y., 1927.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Dust jacket has spine faded with a piece missing from the top; old bookplate, otherwise a very nice copy.

Seller: Recycled, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Limited to 440 copies of which this is #169. Signed. Foxing of endpapers. Worn on edges of boards, especially corners. Corners bumped. Chip missing from cloth on spine. Top of spine worn with tears 1 1/4" down each side of spine. Interior clean and unmarked. Previous owner's sticker inside front cover.

Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.

Theodore Dreiser. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Tall 8vo, textured orange paper over black cloth boards, titles on paper backstrip, uncut pages, 425pp. A limited edition of 440 copies, signed by Dreiser, this copy numbered 413. Corners of boards lightly bumped and chipped, fading to spine ends, mild sunning to top edge of boards. Firmly bound with clean text. Prints 15 short stories by Dreiser. A handsome copy.

Seller: Heaven Haven Books, Bellevue, KY, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains, Lesser Novels and Stories [signed]. Boni & Liveright, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1927.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. 425 pages. One quarter black cloth over burnt orange and black batik cloth, burnt orange paper label to spine; signed by author in blue ink to limitation page, # 191 of 440 copies. Minor wear to boards, corners bumped and rubbed, softening to spine head & tail, spine label lightly chipped; binding slightly shaken. A very good copy.

Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$78.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Edition limited to 440 numbered copies. Paper over boards worn through at corners. Chipping to top and bottom of paper label on spine.

Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains, Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good first edition book in very good dust jacket. Dark blue cloth covered boards with gold text on on front panel and spine and gold graphics on back panel. Boards are clean, minor rolling at head and tail of spine. Foxing on top edge of pages. Eraser scraps on front free end paper. Internally clean and snug text block. Orange dust jacket with black text and graphics. Smudges and soil on front and back panel. Spine is sunned. Folds are creased and rubbed. Head of jacket spine is chipped and creased with loss of approximately 1 1/8" by up to 1/2" on back corner with adjacent 1" closed vertical tear along the fold; and v-shaped loss of 1/4" by 1/4" on front corner. Front and back upper fore edge corners are rubbed with loss of up to 1/2" and closed tears of up to 3/8". Inside flap corners are uniformly clipped. Price of $2.50 is intact. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.

Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore.. Chains. Lesser Novels and Stories.. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A Fine copy in very dark blue smooth cloth stamped in bright gilt at spine, in a Very Good orange paper dustwrapper, with a faded spine and one small closed tear. 425pp. 15 separate pieces. Q03682

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. CHAINS Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$81.03 + shipping

Description: Very Good in boards. Fading to gilt letting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains; Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liverwright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 425 pages; [SIGNED Limited Edition] 1927 Boni & Liverwright. Signed by Dreiser in an edition limited to 425 copies, this copy numbered 273 on the limitation leaf. Snugly bound and neat in black quarter cloth backed spine with prited paper title label and decorative orange and black paper covered boards. Pages unopened; an unread copy. Superficial shelf rubbing bottom edges of the boards; title label a little toned. Slipcase retains side and rear panels but missing top and botto. Prior owner reinforced the joints with heavy clear tape on the inside surface. Book VG++ in fair only remanant of a slipcase. ; Signed by Author

Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.

Theodore Dreiser, SIGNED by Author on Limitation pg, blank Endpapers,. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories, SIGNED Limited Numbered 1st Edition, Includes Sanctuary, The Hand, Convention, TYPHOON, The old Neighborhood, Phantom Gold ETC. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$89.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: HARDBACK NODustjacket, NF-/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET, SIGNED Limited Numbered 1st Edition, #391/440 COPYS, 1927, Dates Match on Title & copyright pg, orange and black batik crepe paper covered boards DECORATED CLOTH Cvr with Glossy black spine & PASTEDOWN Label with chip & Tear but Titles Intact, Some pgs Uncut, Interior nice tight clean light wear, Fox, 425 pgs, Cvr corners tiny Nicks Tears ,Worn on corner edges of boards, 8vo. Decorative paper-covered boards over black cloth. Browned paper label to cloth spine. Pages cut unevenly; Large Octavo, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no other inscription present.

Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed by the author without inscription or other markings. Edition of 440, Number 114. Box shows shelf wear and has been taped to hold together.

Seller: A. Richard Books and More, Washington DC, DC, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, trade issue. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Small pink dampstain on topedge of rear endpapers from the dust jacket, near fine in a very good dust jacket with small dampstains on rear panel, spine lightly sunned with some loss on head. A collection of novellas and stories, including "The Prince Who Was a Thief," an Arabian Nights-styled story which became one of Tony Curtis's first starring roles (as a Bronx-accented caliph).

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. CHAINS: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Subtle damp stain to rear board but still a very good, tight copy in slightly faded dust jacket (a little lighter at spine) with small chips on corners and spine ends, and two at top of rear panel.

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in orange decorative dust jacket; [2],425pp. General shelf wear to jacket extremities, including tiny chip at spine crown, spine a bit faded, small paper flaw to upper panel touching the "S" in "CHAINS"; corners gently bumped else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. CHAINS, Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright: NY, 1927.

Price: US$115.00 + shipping

Description: 9 x 6", cloth backed patterned boards, 425pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, bookplate of former owner inside front cover, pp toned. LIMITED TO 440 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore.. CHAINS, Lesser Novels and Stories.. Boni & Liveright: NY, 1927.

Price: US$115.00 + shipping

Description: 9 x 6, cloth backed marbled boards with paper spine label, 425 pp, covers a bit worn, spine darkened, spine ends bumped, hinges loose, minor edge- toning, in well worn, browned, splitting slipcase. LIMITED TO 440 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore.. Chains. Lesser Novels and Stories. *Signed*. Boni and Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Signed by the Author this copy is tight and square with a clean unmarked interior.no foxing.edgewear to the cover edges.With matching dates of 1927 on the title and copyright pages.SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE.No. 415 of a limited edition of 440 numbered and AUTOGRAPHED copies OF WHICH 425 ARE FOR SALE

Seller: Heroes Bookshop, Paris, ON, Canada

DREISER, Theodore.. Chains.. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: 425 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Near fine in a jacket with a good-sized chip at the bottom of the spine and the front panel. The spine of the jacket is slightly faded as usual.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains:; Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, 425pp; cloth-backed batik boards with printed spine label. One of 440 numbered copies signed by Dreiser. Shelf-rubbed; a touch of wear to edge of label, else very good without slipcase.

Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore.. Chains. Lesser Novels and Stories.. NY. Boni and Liveright. 1927., 1927.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. With matching dates of 1927 on the title and copyright pages. Special signed/limited edition. Signed/Limited edition: #291/440 cc signed by Theodore Dreiser. "This edition of Chains consists of 440 numbered and autographed copies, of which 425 are for sale. Signed in ink "Theodore Dreiser" and underscored"on the limitation page. VG in black cloth spine with paper label, and batik paper-covered boards. The label is lightly chipped and worn. Light foxing to the edges of the rear paste-down. A very good, solid copy of the signed limited edition. First Edition. With matching dates of 1927 on the title and copyright pages. Special signed/limited edition.

Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore. Chains, Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Collection of stories including: Sancturary, The Hand, Chain", St Columbia and the River, Convention, Khat, Typhoon, The Old Neighborhood, Phantom Gold, Marriage for One, Fulfillment, The Victor, The Shadow, The Mercy of God, and The Price Who Was a Thief. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket faded at spine.

Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. CHAINS. Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$156.60 + shipping

Description: CHAINS, Boni & Liveright, 1927, lst ed., t.p.e.'s dusty, else near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains; Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SIGNED BY AUTHOR at limitation page, #241 of 440 copies, 425 of which were for sale. Very Good Plus, corners rubbed. Quarter black cloth over marbled boards. most pages yet uncut. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore.. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories.. New York, Boni & Liveright, 1927., 1927.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket (unclipped; separated at fold). Very good. No signatures or bookplates.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains. New YorkNew York: Boni & Liveright, 1927, 1927.

Price: US$180.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Orig. Navy Blue Cloth. Very Good/Excellent. First Edition. 8vo. First trade edition in a lovely dust wrapper. Book shows some minor rubbing and spotting to covers. The dust jacket has a few tiny chips to the back otherwise it is bright and beautiful. A lovely copy in the scarce dust jacket.

Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.

Theodore Dreiser. CHAINS. Boni and Liveright, N.Y., 1927.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A fine and very tight hardcover copy in a near fine jacket/brodart covered. First Edition. No ownership signatures, no bumped corners to book, spine tips are smooth and round. Jacket is very nice and bright. small stain to front of jacket and rub mark to rear panel. Two inch, very closed tear along spine fold, very hard to see. Small chips to corner folds and a tiny nick here and there. Otherwise, jacket scarce in nice condition.

Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: DJ in archival cover chips, owners signature.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: LIMITED TO 440 copies of which this is numbered 432. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no other inscription present. Minor rubbing to lower tip edges of covers; tiny chip to edge of spine label; else very good+, clean and tight. Scarce Dreiser item.

Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Fine copy but for spotting to spine and spine label. Signed, limited to 400 copies, this being #299. Box is very good only. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 425 pp

Seller: Beasley Books, ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. , 1927.

Price: US$220.00 + shipping

Description: DREISER, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Original cloth, non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First trade edition. McDonald 21a. Spine panel of d/j lightly sunned, small chip to foot, else a fine copy.

Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore (1871-1945). Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The provocative foreword of Chains summarizes "the dominant theme of the book, namely, that human beings are 'chained' by external and internal forces and therefore limited in their ability to effect change and liberate themselves. Published shortly after Dreiser's masterful novel An American Tragedy, this collection of 15 short stories contains two published for the first time, along with the title story "Chains," a work hailed as "experimental in its form and risqué. Its content challenged the conventional perceptions of love and marriage [and] the story's form completely defied narrative techniques." Published on 30 April 1927 by Boni & Liveright and followed two weeks later by a special signed and numbered edition, Chains was Dreiser's second short story collection. Blue cloth stamped in gilt; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. 12mo; 7.5 inches tall; 425 pages. The Dust Jacket is with price and is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has light shelf handling with a modestly sun-faded spine. First Edition, First Printing, after Limited Edition of 400. Background Information: Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. For a century, Theodore Dreiser has represented for many readers a rebellious modernism whose novels both critiqued the American dream and embodied a bleakly deterministic perception of life. His first novel, Sister Carrie (1900), was reluctantly published and then ignored by its publisher, who thought the book immoral. Another publisher withdrew his fifth novel, The Genius (1915), rather than face prosecution on obscenity charges. Dreiser did not enjoy widespread popularity and critical acclaim until his masterpiece, An American Tragedy, appeared in 1925. This collection furthered the praise of critics such as John Cowper Powys, who declared Dreiser to be "a greater realist than Zola." The fifteen short stories in the collection are as follows: Sanctuary / The Hand / Chains / St. Columba and the River / Convention / Khat / Typhoon / The Old Neighborhood / Phantom Gold / Marriage-For One / Fulfilment / Victory / The Shadow / The Mercy" of God / A Prince Who Was a Thief Ref: Johnson, 152; Newlin, 55; wiki

Seller: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA- FABA), DeLand, FL, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains:; Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1927.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, 425pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt. Small scratch to rear board, otherwise a fine copy in modestly soiled dust jacket with closed tear to the front hinge and the spine sunned a shade.

Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. CHAINS. Boni & Liveright, 1927.

Price: US$261.00 + shipping

Description: CHAINS, Boni & Liveright, 1927, lst ed., slight wear to the lower corner tips, else a fine copy. 1/440 specially bound and SIGNED by the author.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. Chains.. Boni & Liveright,, 1927.

Price: US$435.60 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Limited. Deco cloth. Excellent. 8vo., Limited to 440, SIGNED BY THEODORE DREISER.

Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.