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 fair condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor staining to spine. Moderate staining and scuffing to both boards. Front hinge cracked at title page. Rear hinge cracked at pastedown exposing mesh.
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# (N7-107). Item #4749
Price: $75.00