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Alice Adams (First Edition)
by Tarkington, Booth; [Pulitzer Prize Winners];
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SECOND ISSUE
with 1921 date on title page and no later printings mentioned but with error corrected on page 419.
Illustrated by Arthur William Brown.
Good. Hinges cracked else tight binding; a small stain on front endpaper; a little foxing else clean pages; a bit of a spine slant; small hole rubbed in on edge of spine; moderate wear; lacking the rare dust jacket.
Pulitzer Prize Winner.
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SECOND ISSUE
with 1921 date on title page and no later printings mentioned but with error corrected on page 419.
Illustrated by Arthur William Brown.
Good. Hinges cracked else tight binding; a small stain on front endpaper; a little foxing else clean pages; a bit of a spine slant; small hole rubbed in on edge of spine; moderate wear; lacking the rare dust jacket.
Pulitzer Prize Winner.
SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.
Synopsis
This compelling satire details irresistible characteristics of social status in a small Midwestern town. Mr. and Mrs. Adams and their two children are members of the lower middle-class. Their daughter, Alice, wrestles with this economic classification and attempts to make the society folk of the town appreciate her. Because Alice has no social influence nor wealth and her presence is held in disregard by prospective suitors, Mrs. Adams tries to improve the situation by persuading her husband to leave a job he's held all his life and to establish a new career. After much apprehension and in possession of a glue formula stolen from his previous employer, he resigns his mediocre but satisfying employment which puts him in a predicament that leads to his professional downfall. Tarkington's understanding of class rivalries, social condescension, and financial avarice is evident in this tale where his main point indicates that in every joyless moment hope, though unexpected, is attainable. He illustrates how the Adams' laborious efforts are ultimately unsuccessful. Any intrusion by Alice and her mother on the upper class is unlikely and Tarkington's depiction of such is secretly amusing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- LaCelle Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16653
- Title
- Alice Adams (First Edition)
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth; [Pulitzer Prize Winners];
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company
- Date Published
- 1921
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