Sister Carrie

by Theodore Dreiser

$5,000 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

New York: Doubleday, Page, 1900. First edition. First printing. Octavo 20cm . Original deep red buckram, lettered in black. Hinges stressed, with partial hairline cracks, but holding; slight rubbing and wear at joints and spine ends, with spine titling a bit dulled; still a solidly Very Good copy in the publisher's cloth. Ink gift inscription to a Bessy Stafford, dated Spring '01, to front

• Printing: first

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