Alice Adams
Garden City New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition Early Printing (likely 7th printing) with the year 1922 on the title page. Scarce original dust jacket indicates '7th Edition' on the spine. $1.75 price intact. The front panel states "This Novel won the PULITZER PRIZE for the BEST AMERICAN NOVEL OF THE YEAR". Same jacket art as the first issue, but the rear panel and the rear flap have different text. The jacket is in good condition minor chipping and creasing to the extremities, more-so to the top of the spine. There is a large 3"-4" vertical tear that runs along the right side of the spine from the top of the jacket. This tear was mended with a large piece of clear tape. The book is in Very good overall condition. There is a gift inscription on the front end paper from Christmas 1922 "To my sister Hazel M. Fletcher, From your brother Worth Albert Fletcher. There is also a bookseller's stamp from Nicholson's Book Shop in Richmond, Indiana. Spotting to the edges of the text block. Unfortunately the book has a strong musty odor. Very Good / Good. Item #15
Price: $1,000.00