Elmer Cantry
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.5" with 432 numbered pages.
This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Heavy scuffing and staining to both boards. Moderate foxing to top and bottom edges of texblock. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Front hinge cracked.
Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry, the protagonist, is attracted by drinking, making easy money (but he eventually renounces tobacco and alcohol) and chasing women. After various forays into smaller, fringe churches, he becomes a major moral and political force in the Methodist Church despite his hypocrisy and serial sexual indiscretions.
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Inventory# (N7-106). Item #4748
Price: $50.00