Sinclair lewis introduction mark schorer (6 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. First Edition By This Publisher. 432 pages; >> Avon Books #1 ; 1941; Scarce in this Printing; 1st paperback Ed; 1st Printing with oval shaped picture of Shakespeare, back issue list of titles to interior endpages; >> This is a reading copy. Heavy cover creasing; spine slant.minor staining along paper spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Musacchia, J. (illustrator). (illustratore). Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Harcourt (1961). First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop. Slight foxing to endpapers; small chip to jacket. Slight fading to jacket. Fiction-L.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. See photos. A '2" written in marker on first flyleaf. Otherwise no apparent writing/marks in book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed 1st Printing. November 1961; First Paperback Edition 1st Printing; DELL Paperback #S-19; 382 Pages; Printed in CANADA. >>> Complete and Unabridged, soft cover edition; >> Sinclair Lewis SHOCKING, Unforgettable Picture of the UNITED STATES in the IRON GRIP of a Native-Born One-Hundred-Percent AMERICAN DICTATOR, ** Wikipedia = It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical 1935 political novel, Published during the rise of fascism in Europe, the novel describes the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a politician who defeats Franklin Delano Roosevelt and is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values. After his election, Windrip takes complete control of the government and imposes a plutocratic/totalitarian rule with the help of a ruthless paramilitary force, in the manner of Adolf Hitler and the SS. The novel's plot centers on journalist Doremus Jessup's opposition to the new regime and his subsequent struggle against it as part of a liberal rebellion. Reviewers at the time, and literary critics ever since, have emphasized the connection with Louisiana politician Huey Long, who was preparing to run for president in the 1936 election when he was assassinated in 1935 just prior to the novel's publication. ** MALCOLM HARRIS (Salon) = Amid the 80th anniversary of Sinclair Lewis's anti-fascist tome, Trump's campaign makes Lewis look prophetic = "The 1935 Novel that foreshadowed Donald Trumps authoritarian appeal." >> Minor cover scuffing; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Howard Terpning Painted Cover. (illustratore). Book.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed 1st Printing. November 1961; First Paperback Edition 1st Printing; DELL Paperback #S-19; 382 Pages; Printed in CANADA. >>> Complete and Unabridged, soft cover edition; >> Sinclair Lewis SHOCKING, Unforgettable Picture of the UNITED STATES in the IRON GRIP of a Native-Born One-Hundred-Percent AMERICAN DICTATOR, ** Wikipedia = It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical 1935 political novel, Published during the rise of fascism in Europe, the novel describes the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a politician who defeats Franklin Delano Roosevelt and is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values. After his election, Windrip takes complete control of the government and imposes a plutocratic/totalitarian rule with the help of a ruthless paramilitary force, in the manner of Adolf Hitler and the SS. The novel's plot centers on journalist Doremus Jessup's opposition to the new regime and his subsequent struggle against it as part of a liberal rebellion. Reviewers at the time, and literary critics ever since, have emphasized the connection with Louisiana politician Huey Long, who was preparing to run for president in the 1936 election when he was assassinated in 1935 just prior to the novel's publication. ** MALCOLM HARRIS (Salon) = Amid the 80th anniversary of Sinclair Lewis's anti-fascist tome, Trump's campaign makes Lewis look prophetic = "The 1935 Novel that foreshadowed Donald Trumps authoritarian appeal." >> Spine on slight slant; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Howard Terpning Painted Cover. (illustratore). Book.…

Soft Cover. Condizione: Fine. Paperback Original. First Edition mass market paperback, 224 pages, 12 stories from the American master; book has been opened, but not a trace of shelf wear, some slight age toning, but unread/unused condition. See also our listing for Lewis's Cass Timberlane.