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Lot 111
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
DREISER, Theodore (1871-1945). Sister Carrie. New York: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1900.
8vo. Half-title. (Some soiling to half-title, a few small stains.) Original red cloth, lettered and ruled in black (hinges discreetly repaired, some light rubbing); cloth folding case. Provenance: Robert A. Wilson (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, published on 8 November 1900. After Harper and Brothers declined to print Sister Carrie, Dreiser approached Doubleday, Page, and Co., who had recently published Frank Norris's McTeague to some controversy (see lot 213). Johnson High Spots, p.151; McDonald 1.