TARKINGTON, Booth

Growth

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 887pp. Tight and straight, with a small bruise to rear board at fore edge; Very Good. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), slightly sunned on spine, else complete, clean, and but lightly worn; Very Good.

An omnibus trilogy of sorts, incorporating the full text of Tarkington's earlier novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918), The Turmoil (1915), and The Midlander (1922), each joined by somewhat awkward bridging passages so as to complete (or attempt) a new, massive work of fiction. This publisher's trick does not appear to have been well-received; the New York Times wrote: "If the publishing method of which "Growth" is an imposing example continues in practice it will soon be possible to say of good novels that they never die, they only consolidate" (NYT, Oct 23, 1927). A rather scarce book today, especially in dustwrapper.

Price: $250.00

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