The Magnificent Ambersons

The first edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner was published by Doubleday Page in 1918. It was 516 pages long. First edition points are: Rust red boards stamped in black. Title page and copyright page should both say 1918 with no other statement of printings. Dust jacket is extremely rare and adds most of the value to the book.

The Magnificent Ambersons book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Picture of the 1918 first edition dust jacket for The Magnificent Ambersons.

Picture of the copyright page for The Magnificent Ambersons.

Picture of the first edition Doubleday Page boards for The Magnificent Ambersons.

Picture of the title page for The Magnificent Ambersons.

Signature of Booth Tarkington. Photo courtesy of James Cahill/Rare Books, Inc.

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