ELMER GANTRY

by Sinclair Lewis

$3,200 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition · Signed

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1927 . First edition of this scathing satire of fundamentalist Christianity in US America, with printed presentation slip signed by Lewis tipped onto the front endpaper. Very good plus in restored dust jacket. Item #44811 ELMER GANTRY was widely praised by critics and lambasted by members of the clergy. Charlotte ministers were advised to refrain from their attack on art and sex

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