Sinclair Lewis's Dodsworth [Signed Limited]

Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1934

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One of a small number of copies signed by Lewis and Howard for presentation to people who worked on Howard's Broadway play based on Lewis's novel. Dodsworth follows a successful American entrepreneur on an extended trip to Europe with his wife as their marriage falls apart. This version of the play includes essays by both Howard and Lewis on the process of turning a novel into a play. In his part, Lewis includes two chapters reproduced from the novel (with their original page numbers). Sinclair Lewis won the 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. Following the success of the Broadway play, Howard adapted the play into a screenplay. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won one Oscar. [1?5] [i?vi] vii?xx [xxi] [xxii?lix: numbered 316?353] lx?lxxii [1?2] 3?162 [163?166: blank] pages plus five plates, one reproducing Howard's manuscript and four stills from the performance. First edition (of the play). A very good copy in somewhat soiled boards in a very good, probably supplied (though not by me) dust jacket with a one inch triangular chip missing from the back panel. This copy is presented to Joseph Goldin "for helping turn 'Dodsworth' from a manuscript into a play." Below that printed sentiment, both Lewis and Howard have signed in ink. The recipient was an accountant who worked on Broadway productions. The book is a bit musty.…

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Title
Sinclair Lewis's Dodsworth [Signed Limited]
Author
Lewis, Sinclair; dramatized by Sidney Howard
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York
Publication year
1934
Condition
Very good
Dust jacket
Very good
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Thus.
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