Dreiser, Theodore. The "Genius". John Lane Company, 1915.

Price: US$15.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Bound in publisher's red cloth. Hardcover. Shelfwear.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. The "Genius". John Lane Company, 1915.

Price: US$33.75 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: SD. NAP. Page 497 is numbered. Boards soiled / age-darkened, with some staining. Rubbing at extremities. Hinges cracked. Taped stains along front hinge on endpapers. Previous owners names, date on front pastedown. Page edges age-darkened, with a couple small spots of soil. Some spotting on front flyleaf. Else pages clean. No dustjacket. ; GFH19D; 736 pages

Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.

Dreiser, Theodore. The "Genius". John Lane, 1915.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition second state with no number on p. 497. Original red gilt ribbed cloth with title in a gilt square. Light shelf dust offsetting to bottom of spine and to gilt, which remains clear; red cloth is clean and bright, while text is fine and unmarked. A solid, attractive copy.

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

Dreiser, Theodore. The Genius. John Lane Co., New York, 1915.

Price: US$115.00 + shipping

Description: 736p.

Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore. The ?Genius. John Lane Company, New York, 1915.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition, Duodecimo, bookblock measures 1.75 inches, red cloth over boards, gilt stamping on cover and spine. A semi-autobiographical novel by American novelist and journalist Theodore Dreiser, the story follows talented painter Eugene Witla as he grapples with commitment to his art and erotic desires. Very good condition, cloth binding darkening at edges, front hinge repaired with tape.

Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore. THE "GENIUS". John Lane, NY, 1915.

Price: US$151.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, pp. 736. VG. McDonald p. 42, Johnson p. 151. Earliest issue with page 497 so numbered and leaves measuring 1-3/4 in. across. Covers little stained. A novel.

Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore.. The "Genius.". NY & London/Toronto: John Lane/Bodley Head/S.B. Gundy,, 1915.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: 736 pp. Very good plus in full red cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front panel. Lacks dust jacket. The first issue, with page 497 so numbered.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore.. The Genius.". New York: John Lane, Toronto: S.B. Gundy, 1915., 1915.

Price: US$225.47 + shipping

Description: First Canadian edition, with the imprint of the Canadian publisher "Gundy" on the spine. Covers lightly soiled, spine a bit darkened o/w a very good copy.

Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada

Dreiser, Theodore. Genius, The. John Lane Company, New York, 1915.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Printing. Red boards. Some damage to joint of front pastedown to spine. Inscribed by former owner in ink on front free endpaper, "Marshall B. Mead 1916." With TLS, ip. 4 May 1926 Dreiser to Johnson's Bookstore, Springfield, MA, requesting sales figures for The Genius and American Tragedy. Page 497 so numbered.

Seller: Sumter Books (Manly, Inc.), Columbia, SC, U.S.A.

Theodore Dreiser. The Genius. John Lane Company, 1915.

Price: US$390.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first issue with page 497 numbered. 736 pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering. Some wrinkling to cloth on spine and light soiling to back boards. Square spine. Some tanning to front and rear boards. Partial DJ with original cutout of DJ front and DJ spine placed over blue paper to create complete wrap. A semi-autobiographical novel declared "unfit to read" for its sexual content by the Society for the Suppression of Vice, who asked the publishers to "discontinue its circulation"; they basically complied and the book didn't receive wide distribution until 1923. Additional photos available upon request.

Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.

Theodore Dreiser. The Genius. John Lane, New York, 1915.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition. First Printing- Later state with no 497 page number. Signed note laid in- Dreiser's note to a reader to include payment for this book. A personal touch to a book with a controversial publishing history.

Seller: Whiting Lane Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

DREISER, Theodore. The "Genius". John Lane Company, New York, 1915.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Description: First American Edition. "Eugene Witla, a talented painter of strong sexual desires who grapples with his commitment to his art and the force of his erotic needs. The book sold 8,000 copies in the months immediately following publication but encountered legal difficulties when it was declared potentially obscene. Dreiser's publisher was nervous about continuing publication and recalled the book from bookstores, and the novel did not receive broad distribution until 1923." Very scarce. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at top spine end and flap corners, lower spine end with centimeter deep loss, edges with some nicking and wear.

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