The Passion of American Collectors: Propertꦆy of Barbara and Ira Lipman

Lewis, Sinclair

Babbitt. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922

8vo (190 x 125 mཧm). Publisher's oranꦜge-stamped blue cloth; minimal wear. Original dust-jacket; paper starting at lower edge of front flap, some wear at edges. Half blue morocco gilt slipcase, chemise; some wear and rubbing.

First edition, first issue, with "Purdy" for "Lyte," line 4, p. 49.

Laid in is an 🍸Autograph Letter Signed ("Sinclair Lewis") 1 p. on letterhead of the Grand Hotel d'Angleterre et Belle Venise, Corfu, 28 April [c. 1925], to a Mr. Valentine, saying that he plans to address "the labor question" in a novel, but not for some years yet; horizontal and vertical folds, small nick at lower left corner.

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