Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition; 1929. Blue and orange cloth covered boards; mild edge wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Pages toned; gutter gap at last page; interior is unmarked; 377 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition, second printing. No DJ. Heavy fading to the spine. Roughing and small tears to the foot and head of the spine. Binding is fine. Pages are clean and unmarked minus the p.o. name neatly written on the first page.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First ed. No jacket. Spine faded. Some shelf wear. Pages clean, binding sturdy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1929.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. Dark blue cloth over boards with orange lettering. Copyright page dated 1929. First edition. 377 pages. Good condition. Covers are clean. Boards lightly bumped. Binding is strong. Pages are clean and free of marks, but toned. A good reading copy.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1929.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Printing ( Published, March, 1929 On Copyright Page, No Additional Printings Noted). Wear With Points Of Fraying At Spine Top And Bottom Corners And All Tips. Lettering All Clear. No Names Or Marks. Rear Free Endpaper Torn Away.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1929.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First printing ( Published, March, 1929 on copyright page, no additional printings noted) Wear at spine top and bottom edges and all tips, cloth frayed at tips and worn away along top and bottom spine edge. Lettering all clear, spine a little darkened. No names or marks.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, NY, 1929.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition bound in blue cloth with orange lettering and blocking. A Very Good copy. Some dust soiling to the covers. The spine is tanned and faded and has frays to its tips. Tiny bumps to the corners. The f ront hinge is starting to crack at the Title Page, but the sewing is s till tight. Mild tanning to the pages. No dust jacket.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth (first edition). Harcourt Brace & Company, 1929.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Original blue cloth, orange inlay. No dust jacket. Rubbing, soiling to spine. Gutter cracked to title page. Clean, unmarked pages.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth: A Novel. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (6) 377 (1) pp. First Edition, 1929. Lightly worn. No markings, binding firm and square, fr and rear boards just slightly loose, rear f.e.p. with rubber stamp "350", near the top. 5.5" x 7.75". Dark-blue cloth with Orange title plates, and blue and orange lettering to front board and spine, and faded black top text block. Size: Small Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. DODSWORTH. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1929.
Price: US$23.20 + shipping
Description: DODSWORTH, H-B, 1929, first edition, just about a vg copy. Successfully filmed in 1936.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace & Co, New York, 1929.
Price: US$23.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover Second Edition according to #2 under copy write. Dark blue with orange title block on front board and spine with blue lettering, bright and clean, spine lightly faded and slightly darkened. Light bumping to top and bottom of spine and top edge of front cover has a 2 inch light bend, with slight split, corners are lightly bumped, fore edge is rough cut. The text is very clean and intact.
Seller: Weatherby Books, West Pawlet, VT, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair.. Dodsworth.. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1929, 1929.
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Description: Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 377 p. Soil to title page. Previous owner's name in ink on front paste-down endpaper. Soil & wear to cover; spine chips. Novel.
Seller: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 377 uncut pgs. Navy blue boards have mild edgewear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dark blue cloth binding with orange, spine darkening slightly with a little shelf wear, pages moderately toned, spine cracked but still very sturdy. A nice copy.
Seller: Oisamot Books, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth (first edition). Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardcover, navy blue cloth, orange stamping with blue lettering, first edition, March, 1929 stated on copyright page, very good condition, no dust jacket, hinge a bit weak, lettering bright on front cover, lettering visible on spine but not as bright as on front cover, age toning to pages, one of Sinclair Lewis' more important novels. Size: Octavo
Seller: Casa Paloma Books, Green Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First published in a limited edition of 900 copies, this is the second printing, first of the trade editions. A very good copy with some wear to the extremities and rubbing to the spine.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with 377 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor sunning to spine. Moderate scuffing and staining to both boards. Front hinge badly cracked at title page. Picture of Sinclair Lewis glued to front pastedown. Minor staining to interior pages. The novel is set in the period between late 1925 and late 1927. Samuel ('Sam') Dodsworth is an ambitious and innovative automobile designer, who builds his fortunes in fictional Zenith, Winnemac. In addition to his success in the business world, he had also succeeded as a young man in winning the hand of Frances 'Fran' Voelker, a beautiful young socialite. 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# (N7-109).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1929.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good copy with clean pages. Slight fraying on corner front edge. Sm8vo. Published in NY, 1929. 377 pages.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace, 1929.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Unsigned period bookplate. No fading or chipping.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Grosset & Dunlap, 1929.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1929. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. A very good or better book in original publisher's cloth. Some light wear to spine end and corners, and a bit rubbed. A clean and tight copy, small water stain to first few pages, otherwise free of any marks or writing. NOT ex-library.
Seller: White Square - Fine Books & Art, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Description: Duodecimo 377pp. #00144. good: some age and shelf wear, sunned spine, sticker residue on front board. name on FFEP, text clean, binding tight
Seller: Matthew's Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. DODSWORTH.. Harcourt, Brace March 1929, New York, 1929.
Price: US$44.08 + shipping
Description: (6)-377 pagine. Tela editoriale (senza sovracoperta; no dust jacket). Buonissime condizioni. Prima edizione, del marzo 1929, come indicato nella nota di copyright.
Seller: Libreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico, Roma, RM, Italy
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$44.57 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1929. Third Printing. 377 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail and joints. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Moderate tanning to spine.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fiction
Seller: BROWNVILLE EDUCATION CENTER FOR THE ARTS, BROWNVILLE, NE, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st vg, no dust jacket. 377 p., 19.5 cm. Blue cloth stamped in orange. nodj
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st vg, no dust jacket. 377 p., 19.5 cm. Blue cloth stamped in orange. nodj
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace & Co., NY, 1929.
Price: US$58.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover, First edition, with "Published March 1929" on the copyright page . VG - Blue covers with orange lettering / title block on spine and front cover. Tender / worn spine ends and corners, previous owners signature on FEP. Page ends are soiled , interior of book clean with no other marks or writing.
Seller: The Kings Word, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair.Lewis, Sinclair.. Dodsworth.. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. , 1929., 1929.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 377 p. Special ed. in advance of publication. Yellowed pages. Split rear hinge. Orange cl. binding. Rubbed and bent corners. Spine worn, torn, and soiled. Very good condition.
Seller: Gerry Mosher, Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Bound in publisher's original full navy cloth stamped in orange. Minor wear at corners and head and heel, slight sunning at the spine
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
LEWIS SINCLAIR. DODSWORTH. HARCOURT BRACE, NY, 1929.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BOOK SHOWS PUBLISHED MARCH 1929 SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT UNMARKED PRIVATELY OWNED BOUND IN BLUE WITH COMPLETE ORANGE LETTERING AND LETTERBOXES A TRUE FIRST CORNERS SHOW LIGHT FRAYING WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE CLEAN TEXTBLOCK SOME LIGHT SCRATCHES IN ORANGE LETTERBOX ON FRONT COVER A FAIRLY WELL PRESERVED COPY THAT HAS SEEN SOME USE BUT REMAINS A VERY NICE FIRST
Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, London, & Toronto, 1929.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition for it's age. Stated March 1929. Clean text, breaks in the spine. Ownership marks on the FEP and BEP. Some edge wear and corner wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
LEWIS, SINCLAIR. Dodsworth. New York Harcourt, Brace 1929, 1929.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Art Deco bookplate. Very good plus copy without dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with the stamping bright. The basis of the William Wyler directed film starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor, David Niven, and Paul Lukas.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt. Harcourt, Brace, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1929.
Price: US$82.00 + shipping
Description: a solid copy of this very early and scarce edition; The copy lists Main Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith and Dodsworth (1929) on back cover of Dustjacket; Printing on front of dustjacket reads "First American to Receive The Nobel Prize For Literature" so this reprint series was issued right afterword; book has only light wear to spine ends; Dustjacket has slight browning to spine, and 2 small closed tears to extremities; $1.98 price on front flap; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR ----- (upstairs in case breakfast nook) Size: 5 x 7.5"
Seller: P.C. Schmidt, Bookseller, Kettering, OH, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The volume is bumped at the spine ends and corners, has a 3/8" tear in the cloth on the top rear spine joint, and the spine lettering is a bit dulled. The interior has an ink name and date on the front endpaper and the gutters are lightly toned. Accompanied by a fine, mylar sleeved, facsimile dust jacket.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Published, March, 1929. Wear on spine. Bookmark and sign inside cover. Size: 12mo. with 377 pages.
Seller: Ink & Quill Books, Oak Harbor, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Harcourt Brace, 1929. States "Published March, 1929" in 1st binding. Advance review notice tipped in at front endpaper: "This is a Special Edition Presented to the Trade in Advance of Publication and is not for sale". One of the first 500 (or 900) in orange cloth, issued in late February 1929, preceding the 2nd binding in blue cloth (March, 1929). No dust jacket. Black top edge. 1/4 inch bump and break at top of front board. First 50 pages have 1/8" closed tear at top. Title on title page lightly stained. Barely perceptible dampstain along inside hinge, front board @2 1/2" at heel, and top of title page and first few pages. No former owner names. Tipped in Advance Review page at front is in good+ condition, with only a tiny closed tear at top. In archival acetate jacket. An inferior copy, but looks good on the shelf.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing with "Published, March, 1929" on copyright page, crown 8vo (7.5 in x 5.25 in), pp. (6), 1-377, (1). Original orange stamped blue cloth. Near fine clean copy with just slight rub to orange field on the back, sheets clean, unmarked, complete. No names nor inscriptions, very small 1/2 inch Kansas City old bookseller's tag on front free endpaper. H10431 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1929.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This first edition is bound in a dark blue cloth with orange lettering on the spine and the front board. The book had been dropped causing the front cover to seperate at the spine. A new cloth spine reinforcement has been added, preserving all original material. The binding is very solid with minimal corner bumping. Some yellowing of the pages due to age. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Strong VG+ in a custom 1/4 red leather slipcase over red cloth with a matching red chemise for inserting the book into the slipcase. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. First Edition, 1929. "Published, March, 1929" on copyright page. Royal blue cloth stamped in drab orange at spine and front cover. Very minor wear, the orange stamping bright and unfaded. Free of all markings inside.
Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company., New York, 1929.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : First Edition, 4th printing., Full blue cloth boards. Upper and spine stamped in orange. Front edges uncut. No dust jacket., Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885 ? 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920, Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can?t Happen Here (1935). Dodsworth is a satirical novel on the differences between US and European intellect, manners, and morals., Size : 8vo. (195 x 140 mm), 377 pp. Very good example. Light shelfwear, hinges split. Ownership penciled on front free endpaper, dated 1928/9.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace, 1929.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sinclair Lewis - Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace (1929). First Edition. Stated first printing. March 1929. Hardcover. Blue boards highlighted in orange. A square and tight copy lacking the dust jacket. Mild bumping at spine ends, general wear. Insides clean. VG+ copy.
Seller: Savage Lotus Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$144.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 377 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; a.e. modestly tanned, PO name inked ffep. Cover: navy, orange/reverse titles front, reverse titles to orange block spine; lt shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, spine mildly sunned. Copyright states "Published, March, 1929"
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis. First edition in original dark blue cloth with orange trim. Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, 1929. 377 pages. First edition with the Published, March,1929 on the copyright page. Binding is in very good condition, rubbing to the spine, and small repaired nick on the spine. Contents clean. 5 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Inventory #23-055. Price; $150.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. DODSWORTH. Harcourt, Brace and Company, NEW YORK, 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. In dark blue boards blocked and lettered in orange. Sturdy vintage copy in slightly discolored boards with a reglued spine. Contents clean with a blank bookplate. Basis for the film starring Walter Houston and Ruth Chatterton. Covered with a flawless facsimile dust jacket so book presents like new.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Contemporary previous owner's name on front fly, near fine lacking the dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$150.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: nice copy. has typos on pages42, 162, and 205.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$159.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 377 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; a.e. modestly tanned/mildly foxed, sm Brentano's label to rear ep. Cover: navy, orange/reverse titles front, reverse titles to orange block spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spine mildly sunned. Copyright states "Published, March, 1929"
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. DODSWORTH. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$159.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in boards. Front hinge cracked.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, New York, 1929.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Front paste down and free fly leaf with light wear; bookseller's ticket inside rear cover; dust jacket covers lightly soiled with spine missing pieces at head and foot and water spotting at foot; text pages clean and unmarked.
Seller: Charles Bartman, Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
LEWIS, SINCLAIR. DODSWORTH. HARCOURT, BRACE & CO., NY, 1929.
Price: US$179.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SMALL EDGE CHIPS & DAMP-STAINING TO THE FIRST STATE DJ (NO REVIEWS), BOOK IS CLEAN & UNMARKED.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$199.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue cloth stamped in orange. Bookseller's (? ) small stamp to rfep else about fine. Second state jacket (with reviews) in mylar with price of $2.50 is toned at spine, slightly chipped and neatly torn into two pieces along gutter. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Extremely rare in original dj, dj edgetrimmed and priceclipped, in mylar. book has shelfwear, fraying on board edge, light age toning, bookplate residue on front endpage. LM
Seller: The Book Cellar, Deerfield Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Lewis Sinclair. DODSWORTH. A Novel. New York Harcourt, Brace and Company 1929, 1929.
Price: US$214.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue. 8vo, bound in the publisher's original navy blue cloth, lettered and framed in orange. 377 pp. A very well preserved and handsome copy, the cloth with a bit of mellowing to the orange but the blue still nice and dark and unfaded, internally quite fresh, the paper only lightly toned at the edges as is common. FIRST EDITION OF THE NOVEL CALLED LEWIS' "MOST SYMPATHETIC YET MOST SAVAGE. MOST REAL. [AND THE] TRUEST PICTURE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS." It has often been compared to the works of Henry James for its highlighting of the differences between American and European manners and morals. The novel includes detailed descriptions of travel by ocean liner and tours throughout Europe.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. DODSWORTH. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$215.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Some edge wear to top and bottom of spine with a samll tear and chip. Corners and rubbed with light toning. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine with a little rubbing, mostly at the spine ends, else very near fine lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace, NY, 1929.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Foxing to foredge, spine-dulled and front hinge cracked; a very good copy with a folded, thus very good, first issue (no reviews on the front flap) dust jacket laid in. The jacket is fragile where it has been folded, but it appears to have spent most of its life inside the book and the color is completely fresh and unfaded. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. Dodsworth.. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 377 pp. 8vo, publisher' blue cloth. First edition. Crack to rear hinge; some fading and wear to extremities of the spine; a very good copy. With a 1928 TLS from Sinclair Lewis mounted to the front pastedown.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. DODSWORTH. A Novel. , 1929.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1929). Original dark blue cloth lettered in orange. First Edition of the fifth and last of Lewis's great novels of the 1920s -- preceded by MAIN STREET, BABBITT, ARROWSMITH and ELMER GANTRY. In these novels, Lewis savagely mocked the provincialism, conformism and hypocrisy he saw at the heart of middle American culture. His central characters strive to escape their emotionally and intellectually repressive environments. [DAB] The year after DODSWORTH was published, Lewis became the first American author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature; ARROWSMITH had won the Pulitzer Prize in 1926, but Lewis had turned it down. This is a just-about-fine copy. [Note: this copy came to us with a facsimile first-edition dust jacket, which we shall pass along if a buyer wishes.].
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Co, New York, 1929.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition in original first issue dustjacket. Lewis's classic novel of Sam Dodsworth who "has just sold out his automobile business to a great motor trust and now has money. It raises the question of what successful business men are going to do with their leisure when they have made their pile and retired". Almost Near Fine in Good dustjacket, inch of loss off top spine end, three inch split at lower front flap edge, nicks and wear at edges.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: TITLE: DODSWORTH By SINCLAIR LEWIS 1929 First Edition AUTHOR: SINCLAIR LEWIS PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, NY Published, March, 1929 EDITION: First Edition CATEGORY: Mystery, Rare BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: BLUE CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good condition; there is a really really small sized pin sized imprint/bruise to the spine near the middle. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 377 pages. Good+/None dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: MYSTERY. RARE. This is Sinclair's classic novel of a very serious retired car manufacturer who takes a trip to Europe with his wife. He learns more about her and their relationship than he did in twenty years of marriage. The book was the basis for a stage hit and then for the well done 1936 William Wyler film featuring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor, David Niven, and Maria Ouspanskaya. Wyler, Huston, Ouspanskaya. The movie was nominated for several Oscars. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcomed to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc 225 E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 008084
Seller: ViewFair Books, Live Oak, FL, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, 1929.
Price: US$292.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Clean, attractive copy. Light shelf wear at spine ends only defect. Tight and square. Color fresh (orange stamping to spine and front board). Well bound. No markings. Beautiful facsimilie jacket of first edition. Basis for film. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing in second state dust jacket, price intact. Publisher's dark blue cloth, stamped in orange; original salmon dust jacket, front panel and spine ruled in black and red, lettered in black. Near fine book, with small mark to spine label, light spotting to fore edge of text block, previous owners bookplate to front pastedown, and previous owners inscription to front pastedown; very good dust jacket with light toning and some light marks to spine, a touch of soiling to front panel, chips to top right of front panel, lower corners, and fore edge of front panel, some chipping and light creasing along top edge of rear panel, small chip to spine affecting the "D" and "O" in "DODSWORTH," and a bit of chipping to spine ends. Overall, a pleasing and presentable copy in its scarce original dust jacket. Pastore 15. One of Lewis's most acclaimed novels, Dodsworth tells the story of American automobile manufacturer Sam Dodsworth's retirement and subsequent travels through Europe with his wife Fran. The text is largely comprised of the Dodsworths reactions to and interpretations of the differences between European and American culture, intellect, and society. Notably, Lewis wrote Dodsworth at the height of his literary career and just before becoming the first American author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Indeed, bibliographer Stephen A. Pastore praises Dodsworth as "Lewis at his finest."
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Harcourt Brace, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition in clean original second-state dust jacket. Dark blue cloth boards with orange title box and line border. Mere hint of very light soiling, very light surface wear at spine corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and date (1929) neatly penned on front free endpaper. Published March, 1929 on copyright page, 377 pages. Dustjacket has publisher's price of $2.50 on front inside flap with two reviews, is clean, uncreased, with very tiny corner chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Adapted for the stage in 1934 by Sidney Howard and filmed in 1936 by William Wyler, and the basis for a 1950 British television drama starring Ruth Chatterton and Walter Abel; also a 1995 musical adaptation that was staged in Fort Worth, Texas with Hal Linden and Dee Hoty.
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Harcourt Brace 1929 states "Published March, 1929". First binding with Advance Review notice tipped in at front endpaper: "This is a Special Edition Presented to the Trade in Advance of Publication and is not for sale". One of the first 500 (or 900) in orange cloth, issued in late February 1929, preceding the 2nd binding in blue cloth (March, 1929). No dust jacket. Black top edge. Good+ copy, black title panel is rubbed but clear, lights spotting, with dulled publisher print at heel. And light even soil to edges of spine. No former owner names.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace and Co., New York, 1929.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in good jacket. In first state jacket without blurbs on front flap.
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
LEWIS, SINCLAIR.. Dodsworth. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1929, 1929.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; advance issue; publisher's orange cloth; 900 copies printed. This issue differs from the trade edition in its binding and the addition of an advance notice printed on the endpaper. A very good to fine copy in a custom cloth slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This original dustjacket has light chipping to the spine ends and some wear to the edges. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean, with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth, Elmer Gantry, Babbitt. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition collection of three Sinclair Lewis novels: Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, and Dodsworth. With wonderful custom made slipcases. Measuring 7.75" x 5.25" with 337, 432, 401 numbered pages respectively. The books are in very good condition. Dodsworth's hinges are cracked. It also has a bookplate on the front pastedown. Elmer Cantry's front board is creased. Both hinges are cracked. Bookplate on front pastedown. Babbitt's front hinge is cracked. Old bookseller ticket on the rear pastedown. Slip cases are in very good plus condition. The spines are sunfaded. The author's works were critical of American capitalism and materialism during the interwar period. 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 # (N6-151).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. Dodsworth.. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 377 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth stamped in orange in dust jacket. First edition, in second state dust jacket. Ink ownership signature on front free endpaper; slight browning to front endpaper from inserted clipping; else just about fine in a very sharp jacket with tiny chips to the corners at the top of the backstrip. There is some very slight fading to the backstrip.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$540.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Harcourt Brace and Company, New York 1929. First Edition / First Printing. Stated Published March 1929, no additional printings. Blue cloth boards. Rare first issue jacket priced at $2.50 with no reviews at the front flap. Book Condition: Very Good+, clean boards, tight spine. Light age toning, light shelf wear, spots at the top edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, age toning, chipping at the spine. Tears at the front panel. Wrapped in a new removable mylar cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Harcourt Brace, "Published March, 1929" Near fine copy in blue cloth with orange print and title panels on spine and front board. Variant? with anomalous Nobel Prize jacket (Nobel Prize was awarded in 1930). "Dinkytown Antiquarian Bookstore Minneapolis" bookmark in rear. Jacket is good+ with chipping at bottom edge of front panel, and light creasing and a closed tear at right side of head. Jacket has no price, only 1029 at top corner. It does have the short Mencken review at top of front flap, and Rebecca West at the bottom, both in italic. Oddly, the jacket fits the first edition perfectly. The usual Nobel Prize edition (also dated 1929 without the month)is a different binding and size. Lewis was the "First American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature" This distinction is printed across the front of the dust jacket, with a circular emblem of a prize ribbon. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930 was awarded to Sinclair Lewis "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters" in his 5 most notable works to that date: Main Street (1920); Babbitt (1922); Arrowsmith (1925); Mantrap (1926); Elmer Gantry (1927); The Man Who Knew Coolidge (1928); and Dodsworth (1929).
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace, NY, 1929.
Price: US$699.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Orange cloth stamped in black, black topstain. Printed on ffep: "This is a special edition presented to the trade in advance of publication and is not for sale." CP states "Published, March 1929." This was an advance issue of 900 copies (Van Doren. ) Spine ends/corners mildly rubbed/softened, some fingerprints to boards. The first issue (no reviews to front flap) DJ in acetate cover with flap price of $2.50 intact is chipped at spine head and top rear panel, dampstained at spine, mildly edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis. Advance review copy in publishers variant orange binding. Publisher: Harcourt, Brace, New York, (1929). Copyright page states: Published March, 1929. Limitation page reads: This is a special edition presented to the trade in advance of publication and is not for sale. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. 377 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #12-099. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. DODSWORTH. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this novel-slash-travelogue, the story of a husband and wife drifting apart during a European grand tour - adapted into an Oscar-nominated film in 1936. Sinclair Lewis penned DODSWORTH around the midway point of his career, when his literary prowess was at its peak. With satirical notes and a disapproving view of the "typical American wife" who "thinks she is far above the dull business-like mind of her husband," a contemporary review in THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE praised Lewis for "mak[ing] you feel that the author really knows" Fran, the divorce-happy woman protagonist (14). Lewis had separated from his wife Grace in 1925, suggesting a potentially more complicated inspiration for the work; the year DODSWORTH was published, he formally divorced Grace and married his second wife Dorothy, to whom the book is dedicated. A Broadway play version of the novel in 1934 was followed by a Hollywood adaptation in 1936, both starring Walter Huston. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards. 7.5'' x 5.25''. Original blue cloth stamped in orange. In original light orange typographic dust jacket (price at bottom of front flap, $2.50, no reviews on front flap). Fore-edge machine deckle. "Published, March, 1929" on copyright page. [6], 377, [1] pages. Evidence of bookplate removal on front fly leaf, and just a bit of bumping to boards. Jacket with expert restoration to spine and extremities. Orange of panels still bright. Near fine in very good plus restored dust jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth [PRESENTATION COPY]. Harcourt Brace, 1929.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by Sinclair Lewis. First edition, third printing (May, 1929). PRESENTATION: "To Emily Stevens from her swimming mate Sinclair Lewis Woodstock Aug. 20, 1929" - elegantly and clearly written in ink on front endpaper. Blue cloth with orange lettering with very light crease to spine and some wear at head, heel and corners. Spine very lightly dulled. Jacket is good minus, with chipping and creasing at head, heel and front edges, taped tears in several places on backside of jacket, and uneven mottling to spine. Price of 2.50, with front flap description of the novel, no Mencken reviews. Emily read her copy! Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine in a bright and fine, second issue dustwrapper. Lewis's classic novel of a staid, retired car manufacturer who takes a trip to Europe with his wife and learns more about her, and their relationship, than he did in twenty years of marriage. Basis first for a stage hit, and then for the excellent 1936 William Wyler film featuring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor, David Niven, and Maria Ouspanskaya. Wyler, Huston, Ouspanskaya and the picture itself were all nominated for Oscars. A superb copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$950.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Dark blue cloth boards with orange lettering. handsome copy. first state dust jacket. gently restored. housed in a cloth drop-spine clamshell box.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$995.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 377 pages. First edition, first printing in a 2nd state dust jacket with the 2 reviews on the front flap. His story of a retired couple who tour Europe and learn more about each other than they had after 20 years of marriage. First a stage hit and then made into the 1936 William Wyler film starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor and David Niven. Fine book in an unworn perfect dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt-Brace, 1929.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, first issue. Without reviews on front flap. BOOK: FINE. DJ: NEAR FINE (Light wear to spine ends and corners). An exceptionally fine copy. An unusually nice, clean, unmarked, bright, crisp, tight copy. SCARCE thus.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth [AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE LAID IN]. Harcourt Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With Sinclair Lewis' signature! 1st edition, first printing. Harcourt Brace, "Published March, 1929" on copyright page with no additional printings listed. Blue linen with orange print. Near fine with very light rubbing to title panel. An exceptionally bright and tight copy, with card signed by Sinclair Lewis with a small portrait of Lewis laid in at front endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket (2.50) with content description, no reviews on front flap. Dust jacket condition is very good: closed tears at either side of heel, small chip to left bottom corner of spine. Minor chipping to corners, minor creasing the closed tear at head of spine. Now in mylar. Faint sunning to spine of dj and front edge. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. DODSWORTH. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1929.
Price: US$1496.12 + shipping
Description: DODSWORTH, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1929, first edition, a bright near fine copy in a vg first state dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear and chipping. Successfully filmed in 1936.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Dodsworth. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$1695.00 + shipping
Description: Hard cover. 8v0./ First printing. Clean unmarked text. Very good boards and binding. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. This is the SPECIAL ADVANCE EDITION bound in the scarce ORANGE cloth as issued by the publisher. This edition was not intended for sale. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean, with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy of this scarce ADVANCE HARDCOVER EDITION that was issued before the trade edition. This copy was published without a dustjacket, but includes a custom acedate cover to protect the book.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1929.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by Lewis on the fly leaf. First printing in a first issue jacket without front flap reviews. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth with dust jacket. The jacket is well worn along the edges and split at the spine folds with old tape shadows; the book corner-rubbed but tight, clean and unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Price: US$2700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo., orange cloth lettered in black and orange; slightly soiled. Advance review copy, stating on the free front endpaper, "This is a special edition presented to the trade in advance of publication and is not for sale." The dedication copy ("To Dorothy" on the dedication page), with the dedicatee Dorothy Thompson's distinct library bookplate on the front pastedown. The internationally acclaimed journalist and radio broadcaster married Lewis in 1928. He would receive the Nobel Prize in literature two years later. A remarkable copy enclosed in a custom-made box.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Sinclair Lewis on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth stamped in orange. Near Fine with faint scratches to cloth. Pages toned, with an occasional corner crease. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown.In a Near Fine second state machine-clipped dust jacket with price intact, faint vertical fold down spine.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Dodsworth. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1929.
Price: US$10500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Raw proof of the 1st edition. Printed on proofing paper (7 7/8" X 6 1/2") on 1 side of the page (rectos) only, and hand bound by the publisher (HB) in brown paper wrappers tied with snips of shoelace (all original). Small control numbers "8476" neatly inked on spine and fly-title, else very good (unrepaired). Need we say primary? Need we say unique? Ok. Literally so for both. Cloth case. A one-off, preceding every other surviving setting in type, and a real movie book, produced with haste, in house, for Jesse Lasky (Famous Players) who was anxious to secure the film rights. On the eve of the depression, and past his prime, Lasky wavered, and then declined, keeping this copy as a souvenir of the opportunity. Dodsworth was ultimately purchased by Sam Goldwyn after he saw the 1934 play scripted by Sidney Howard with Howard's understated realism. M. G. M. prized it highly, so they gave it back to Howard for a screenplay, and the screenplay, in turn, to a just emerging William Wyler, with his notorious multiple retakes, directing Walter Huston as the world weary Sam Dodsworth, surrounded by supporting performances from Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor, David Niven, Paul Lukas and Maria Ouspanskaya. The seriously adult film was released 2 years later to lasting acclaim, and Wyler, Huston, Ouspanskaya, and the picture itself, were all nominated for Oscars. Our humble book is the precursor of it all, a drab and plain object, but unique, and with great charm, and authenticity, preceding (and not to be confused with, or compared to) any other prepublication issue, the only recorded ones being those 500 (900?) copies of the regular book hardbound in orange cloth as an advance issue, which is still a common item, as are the 49,500 copies of the 1st edition in dark blue cloth and dustjacket.
Seller: Biblioctopus, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.