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Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G-/No dj
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey ribbed cloth, gilt titles on spine, gilt titles & dec. on front board, [vi], 254 pp, frontispiece. Externally rubbed, bumped & soiled, hinges split (rear hinge taped), frontispiece, guard tissue, & title page foxed, a few leaves have smudges or library markings (apparently from a private lending library), date due slip on rear free endpaper. Our Mr. Wrenn was Sinclair Lewis's second book and the first to be published under his own name. Date code C-O indicates this copy was printed March 1914, the month after publication. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). Early printing. . G-/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.
Synopsis
Mr. Wrenn is employed as a sales-entry clerk for the Souvenir and art novelty company. His Job demands eight or more hours each day, but he commits the rest of his free time reading travel books and attending travel pictures at the Nickelorian. All of his drab and dreary life Mr. Wrenn has visions of traveling to a foreign land until one day, surprisingly, the dream comes true. He finds himself roaming uncharacteristically around England attended by a young female artist. When he returns to the Job in New York, he falls in love with a charming girl named Nellie. The untroubled tempo of routine is interrupted when the girl he traveled with in England appears. Mr. Wrenn is surprised but recovers his composure and marries Nellie, ready to surrender his dreams. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LIFI00154
- Title
- Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G-
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- Early printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 19 X 13 cm
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About the Seller
Twin City Antiquarian Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Twin City Antiquarian Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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