FIRST EDITION FACSIMILE, Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis, In slipcase

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, 1992. Exact facsimile first edition as published by Harcourt in 1922. The only new additions are on the copyright page and bottom of the rear flap (FEL). First Edition Library facsimiles have the same weight, size, typeface, art, dust jacket, finish, and texture as the originals. The book appears unread. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket has some light rubbing, else bright and fine. Slipcase is Fine.

Sinclair Lewis's novel is set in a fast-growing city. At the center of his cutting satire of American business is the bustling and shallow George F. Babbitt, the epitome of middle-class mediocrity. Babbitt basks in his pedestrian success and popularity. He demands high moral standards from those around him while flirting with women, and he yearns to have rich friends while shunning those less fortunate. But Babbitt’s secure complacency is shattered when his best friend is sent to prison, and he struggles to find meaning in his hollow life.