Babbitt Steppenwolf Paperback Bundle, All Quiet on the Western Front, Johnny Got His Gun, Robinson Crusoe, The Prisoner of Zenda

This six-book paperback bundle brings together Babbitt, Steppenwolf, All Quiet on the Western Front, Johnny Got His Gun, The Prisoner of Zenda, and Robinson Crusoe. These illustrated editions from Signet, Bantam, Fawcett, and Pyramid date from 1961 to likely the 1970s.

These are Good reading copies with toned pages and varying cover wear. The photos show writing in Babbitt, stains in The Prisoner of Zenda, and library markings in Johnny Got His Gun, along with each book's covers, printing information, and sample pages.

The stories range from social satire and a search for identity to World War I, island survival, and a royal impersonation.

Details

• Item: Six-book paperback bundle
• Title: Babbitt; Steppenwolf; All Quiet on the Western Front; Johnny Got His Gun; The Prisoner of Zenda; Robinson Crusoe
• Author: Sinclair Lewis; Hermann Hesse; Erich Maria Remarque; Dalton Trumbo; Anthony Hope; Daniel Defoe
• Illustrator: Cover art signed Lambert on Babbitt and Robinson Crusoe; other cover artists: Not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: Signet Classics / New American Library, Bantam Books, Fawcett Premier, and Pyramid Books
• Publication Year: The Prisoner of Zenda: 1961; All Quiet on the Western Front: 1967 preface copyright; Steppenwolf: Bantam edition first published 1969; Babbitt and Robinson Crusoe: 1961 afterword or edition copyright; Johnny Got His Gun: 1970 introduction copyright. Bundle era: 1961 to likely the 1970s.
• Edition and Printing: Babbitt: twelfth printing, afterword by Mark Schorer. Steppenwolf: fifth Bantam printing, translated by Basil Creighton and updated by Joseph Mileck. All Quiet on the Western Front: Fawcett Premier edition with foreword by Harvey Swados. Johnny Got His Gun: twenty-third Bantam printing. The Prisoner of Zenda: first Pyramid printing, January 1961, introduction by Robert Gorham Davis. Robinson Crusoe: fourteenth Signet printing, afterword by Harvey Swados.
• Format and Binding: Six mass-market paperbacks, assembled as a reading bundle
• Dust Jacket: None, as issued in paperback
• Pages: Babbitt: 327; Steppenwolf: 348; All Quiet on the Western Front: 175; Johnny Got His Gun: 243; The Prisoner of Zenda: 160; Robinson Crusoe: 316
• Genre: Classic fiction, social satire, psychological fiction, war fiction, and adventure
• Language: English
• ISBN: Robinson Crusoe: 0-451-51052-6. Other five books: Not confirmed from photos
• Dimensions: Each approximately 7 in. by 4 in. by 1/2 in.

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: These six reading copies have noticeable wear that varies from book to book.
• All six retain their illustrated front covers and back covers.
• Photographed reading pages remain legible, with no tears visible in those sample spreads.
• Printing and copyright pages are pictured for all six titles.

Issues / Wear

• Age toning and yellowing to pages and page edges throughout the bundle, with varying cover rubbing, edge wear, corner creases, and spine wear.
• Babbitt has light cover soil and specks, a handwritten owner name on the title page, underlining on an opening text page, and pen underlining on the back cover.
• Steppenwolf has front and back cover wear, creasing, and visible stains on the back cover.
• All Quiet on the Western Front has light cover and edge wear and a penciled 50-cent price on the half-title page.
• Johnny Got His Gun is an ex-library copy with a Flint Public Library pocket and date stamps, blacked-out markings on preliminary pages and a page edge, heavy cover creasing, rubbed areas, and worn spine edges.
• The Prisoner of Zenda has visible liquid stains on its opening, title, copyright, and introduction pages, plus cover and edge rubbing.
• Robinson Crusoe has front cover creases and wear, lighter back cover wear, and toned pages.

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These six illustrated paperbacks give a classics reader a stack spanning satire, war fiction, and adventure. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.