ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis - 1925

New York. NY: Harcour,t Brace & Co, 1925. Text/As New. Blue & orange linen boards/VG; sound w/edge rubs to upper spine edge & trace surface wear. DJ/None. PO name (Norval Baker) to fEP & first title page. The adventures of medical doctor Martin Arrowsmith; 1925 novel (7th, following Babbit) by Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951). It was awarded the 1926 Pulitzer which Lewis declined, though he did accept the Nobel iPrize in 1930. For this novel assistance from bacteriologist Paul de Kruif, who receive 25% of the sales royalties, was essential, although Lewis was listed as the sole author. Arrowsmith is a major novel dealing with the culture of science; time wise it was written in response to the call for US medical schools to follow mainstream science in teaching & research standards. 448 pgs. Story of a medical researcher is sent to an aread inflicted with plague, struggles to determine priorities for the use of a vaccine. . First Edition, 7th Printing of 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vintage/1925 Novel.