[Rarebooks] FS: Theodore Dreiser and Sinclair Lews First Editions, including ELMER GANTRY in dustwrapper, prices reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:    Was $150   Now  $100:

DREISER, Theodore. FREE AND OTHER STORIES. New York: Boni & Liveright, 
1918. First Edition. Blue cloth with yellow lettering. Fine, lacking the 
scarce dustwrapper.         $100.00
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Price reduced:    Was $250   Now  $150:

DREISER, Theodore. TWELVE MEN. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1919. First 
Edition. Original dark blue cloth with yellow lettering. Basis for the 
1942 film MY GAL SAL starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The Frank 
Hogan copy with his small blue leather bookplate on the front pastedown. 
Nickel-size spot of slightly lighter color than the cloth on the bottom 
of the front cover. Fine copy with a solid provenance.         $150.00
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Price reduced:    Was $150   Now  $75:

LEWIS, Sinclair. DODSWORTH. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 
(1929). First Edition. A retired couple's revelatory trip to Europe. 
Basis for the 1936 film, nominated for an Academy Award, starring Walter 
Huston, Mary Astor, Paul Lukas, and David Niven. Minor fading to the 
spine. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper.         $75.00
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Price reduced:    Was $3,500   Now  $3,000:

LEWIS, Sinclair. ELMER GANTRY. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 
(1927). First Edition. First state of the binding. Made into a 1960 film 
about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town 
America. It won three Academy Awards for Best Actor (Burt Lancaster), 
Best Supporting Actress (Shirley Jones) and Best Screenplay Based on 
Material from Another Medium (Richard Brooks). It was also nominated for 
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and Best Picture. 
There is minimal cracking to the rear hinge but the covers are tight and 
bright; neat owner name and address on the front free endpaper. The 
dustwrapper is complete with some neat internal restoration and repairs. 
Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine and uncommon dustwrapper.         $3,000.00
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Price reduced:    Was $600   Now  $300:

LEWIS, Sinclair. ELMER GANTRY. New York: Harcourt Brace, (1927). First 
Edition. First state of the binding. Made into a 1960 film about a con 
man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. It 
won three Academy Awards for Best Actor (Burt Lancaster), Best 
Supporting Actress (Shirley Jones) and Best Screenplay Based on Material 
from Another Medium (Richard Brooks). It was also nominated for Best 
Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and Best Picture. About 
Fine in a Good, unrestored example of the dustwrapper which is soiled 
with a few short tears, and two small holes on the spine. The 
dustwrapper is almost completely reinforced internally with brown tape. 
         $300.00
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Price reduced:    Was $350   Now  $250:

LEWIS, Sinclair. OUR MR. WRENN. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914. First 
Edition. First Issue. Author's second book and the first book to appear 
under Lewis's name. This is an Advance Copy with a stamp indicating such 
at the top of the title page. Small, faint splashstains to the lower 
corner of the front cover. Still Near Fine.         $250.00

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