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LEWIS, Sinclair. The Job: An American Novel. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1917.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition with publishers code"B-R," Octavo, original olive cloth over boards, gilt stamping on front cover and spine. An early work of American author Lewis Sinclair, concerns the rights of working women. Good, moderate shelf wear, rubbing to spine ends and corners, gilt somewhat faded; front hinge cracked; ink bookseller stamp on rear pastedown.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. The Job. Grosset & Dunlap, 1917.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An outstanding copy in very good jacket. Only marking is 1926 inscription shown here. Book is clean, bright, tight and trim throughout. Issued sometime after Main Street (1922), using the original Harper & Brothers plates. Jacket in new mylar. Rare, in any format, and this is a good one.
Seller: Dan's Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. The Job. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1917.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition book, no dust jacket. Olive green cloth covered boards. Title and author's name and graphics against gilt background on front panel; gilt lettering and graphics on spine. Boards have light soil overall, scuffs on front board panel. Vertical crimping along edges at head and tail of board spine with small rubs on the tips and corners. Very small rubs on fore-edge corner tips. Age-toning to external page edges and text margins, as well as faint beginnings of foxing. Else internally clean. Text block is sound. 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 and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. The Job. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1917.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Printing: with "February, 1917" and "B-R" present on the copyright page. First State: lacking the promotional page for "Main Street." 5 x 7.25in. 326pp. Publisher's ribbed cloth with gilt stamped titling. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, front board lightly rubbed, extremely small former owner mark on the front endpaper, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. The Job: An American Novel. Harper & Brothers, 1917.
Price: US$306.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first state (no Main Street promo page). Lacks scarce jacket. Boards a bit rubbed with minimal loss from spine head, top edge and rear endpapers faintly foxed, rear hinge just beginning to weaken, two tiny spots on fore edge. 1917 Hard Cover. 326, [1] pp. 8vo. Olive cloth, gilt titles. Author's third book. Lewis was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. "The Job is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis. It is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. The focus is on the main character, Una Golden, and her desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need for marriage. The story takes place in the early 1900-1920s and takes Una from a small Pennsylvania town to New York. Forced to work due to family illness, Una shows a talent for the traditional male bastion of commercial real estate and, while valued by her company, she struggles to achieve the same status of her male coworkers. On a parallel track, her quest for traditional romance and love is important but her unique role as a working woman, doing a man's job, makes it tough to find an appropriate suitor. Una is on track to marry Walter Babson, who appears to be a good man but lacks the excitement of her eventual husband, Edward Schwirtz. He is a salesman with all the charm necessary to win her heart, but the marriage is doomed from the start. Una eventually divorces him, which is also scandalous for the time. As the book closes, Una continues unsuccessfully to salvage both her career and her personal life. Sinclair Lewis, was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Possibly the greatest satirist of his age, Lewis wrote novels that present a devastating picture of middle-class American life in the 1920s. Although he ridiculed the values, the lifestyles, and even the speech of his characters, there is often affection behind the irony.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. The Job. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1917.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 327 pages. First edition, first printing. "Published February, 1917" & "B-R" on back of title page. The 3rd book published under his own name and and his first work of serious fiction. Very good+ book with very slight wear to the corners with no dust jacket. A very nice copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. The Job.. Harper And Brothers, New York, 1917.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: 327 pp. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, gilt decorated. First edition. A near fine , tight copy. A scarce book; Lewis called it his first serious attempt at literature.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. The Job. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1917.
Price: US$499.95 + shipping
Description: Hard cover with dj. 1st edition. 327pp. Clean text. Very good boards and binding. DJ in protective jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. The Job.. Harper And Brothers, New York, 1917.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: 327 pp. 8vo, publisher's green cloth, gilt stamped, in dust jacket. First edition. Front free endpapers tanned from jacket flaps; otherwise a bright, sharp copy. The jacket has some small chips and edgewear, not affecting any lettering, and the backstrip is a little tanned. A neat tissue repair to the verso of the jacket has been made at the bottom of the backstrip. A scarce book. Laid in is Sinclair Lewis's engraved calling card, inscribed "To my very best booster Harry Korner, this my first really serious novel. S.L.," in tiny envelope, also addressed by Lewis. Harry Korner was a partner in a Cleveland bookshop.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.