The Able McLaughlins

The first edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner was published by Harper & Brothers in 1923. It was 263 pages long, and the original retail price was $2.00. The first edition can be identified by the following points: The true first edition carries "First Edition" and H-X (August 1923) on copyright page. This is the first winner of the Harper Prize (a fact which is stated on the dust jacket.) Dust jacket is extremely rare and adds most of the value to the book.

The Able McLaughlins won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Picture of the 1923 first edition dust jacket for The Able McLaughlins.

Picture of the first edition copyright page for The Able McLaughlins.

Picture of dust jacket where original $2.00 price is found for The Able McLaughlins.

Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of The Able McLaughlins.

Picture of the first edition Harper & Brothers boards for The Able McLaughlins.

Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of The Able McLaughlins.

Picture of the first edition title page for The Able McLaughlins.

Inside dust jacket flaps. Thank you James Cahill/Rare Books, Inc.

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