LEWIS, SINCLAIR. Babbitt. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1922]. 8vo, original blue cloth, dust jacket (slightly frayed at top of spine); blue cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper to Efrem Zimbalist, celebrated violinist and book-collector: "To Efrem Zimbalist with the hope that this book will help him in his work - at least commercially, Sinclair Lewis." A fine copy. Merle Johnson, p. 311. With the Zimbalist bookplate.