[Rarebooks] FS: Attractive First Edition of ELMER GANTRY in dustwrapper, 1927, price greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $3000,      Now $2200

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. (#012379) 
$2,200.00

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