Theodore Dreiser - An American Tragedy

London, Constable & Co, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of American novelist Theodore Dreiser's best known work, a popular and controversial novel. The first UK edition, first impression.'An American Tragedy' is a gripping and tragic crime novel by Theodore Dreiser, based on the 1906 murder of Grace Brown and the subsequent trial of her boyfriend.This was an infamous work in its day, burned by the Nazis in 1933, banned in Boston in 1927, and named by the Times as one of the top 100 novels of the 20th century.With contemporary inscriptions to the front pastedown and the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with light mark towards tail of front board. Inscription to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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