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435 pages of text. Inscribed on front endpaper "For Herbert V. Prochnow from [signed] Theodore Dreiser NY 1934." One word following "NY" is not legible. Grey hardcover cloth binding is slightly shelfworn at extremities, mostly to spine, with a few tiny spots of staining, and one corner lightly bumped. Endpapers are slightly browned. The rear pastedown has two labels affixed which are fragments of the mailing packaging. The unclipped dustjacket with moderate wear to edges and extremities with minor chipping, soiling, a few light creases and a small loss of color due to marring on front flap; protected in archival mylar. This is a mixed state copy, with "pocketed " for "filched" on page 49 line 14, with all others corrected. Included is a TLS on Dreiser's stationery, signed by his secretary, Evelyn Light, dated Feb 14, 1934. Additionally, a postcard signed by Light dated Feb 27, 1934, and a copy of the original letter sent by Prochnow on Jan 26, 1934 to Dreiser, requesting that he autograph the book. First edition, mixed state. Size: Octavo (8vo). Seller Inventory # 000973
Title: TRAGIC AMERICA. Signed and inscribed by ...
Publisher: Horace Liveright, Inc, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1931
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good- condition
Dust Jacket Condition: Good condition (DJ)
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.
Book Type: Book
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