Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.. Very Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in red cloth with blind stamping on the upper cover and gilt stamping on the spine, in a nice dust jacket with light soiling/toning on the lower panel and wear/light chipping to the edges. The covers show a few faint scuffs, and light toning to the edges and spine. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. --- From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .

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Bookseller: Hoffman Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 77167
Title: THE PRODIGAL PARENTS, A NOVEL
Author: Lewis, Sinclair
Format/Binding: Hardcover in dust jacket
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1938
Keywords: American Fiction, Parents & Children, Sinclair Lewis

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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