The first edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner was published by Doubleday, Page in 1921. It was 434 pages long, and the original retail price was $1.75. The first edition can be identified by the following points: First edition has 1921 on both the title page and the copyright page with no other printing stated. Dust jacket is extremely rare and adds most of the value to the book.
The words "you" and "why" are transposed on page 419, line 14. It reads "I can't see you why don't wear more colour,"
Alice Adams won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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 | Picture of the 1921 first edition dust jacket for Alice Adams. |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | The words "you" and "why" are transposed on page 419, line 14. |  | Rickie Boze has identified two states of the first edition. The first state's copyright page has 1921 printed above the rest of the text. The second state has a normal date. Rickie was kind enough to post picture on the comments section. This comparison photo was created from his photos. He notes that both states he has found have the typo on page 419.
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