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Published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition, first printing of Lewis' classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "To Martha Bucher with the greetings of Chester's friend Sinclair Lewis K.C. May 4, 1926." In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Carol Milford is a young, liberated woman from Saint Paul, Minnesota, who marries a small-town doctor named Will Kennicott. Persuaded to move to Gopher Prairie, her husbandâ s home-town, Carol is horrified to find herself living in an ugly, back-water community. A satiric depiction of Carolâ s attempt to raise the inhabitants of Gopher Prairie to her own smug level, Main Street is one of Sinclair Lewisâ s most significant works.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition inscribed and signed by Lewis. Heavily foxed on the first dozen pages. Inscription on the front endpaper is not foxed. Binding is worn and the jacket is missing. First issue. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Harcourt Brace and Howe, 1920
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. A Near Fine copy in dark blue vertically ribbed cloth, stamped in orange at spine and on front cover, in a Near Fine later state dustwrapper (with "Harcourt Brace & Co." at base of spine panel, and reviews of the book on the front flap), unfaded and bright, with one short closed tear top rear panel. 451pp. Lewis's masterpiece, the successor to Sister Carrie, and the summation of early 20th Century America by its strongest critic. Nobel Prize winner. Q06518.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Hard cover. 8vo. Clean unmarked text. Very good boards and binding. Harcourt, Brace and Howe publishers of the first edition. Great addition to any collection. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Published by Harcourt Brace & Howe, New York, 1920
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: VG. 1st. Octavo. Blue cloth with small orange panels. Lacking dust jacket. This copy inscribed by the author "To Florence + Dick Boeckel, who endured me while I wrote it-Sinclair Lewis" Florence Boeckel was a prominent suffragist and press chairman of the National Women's Party. Also a noted pacifist, activist supporter of the League of Nations and the National Council for the Prevention of War, all things Lewis believed in. Lewis wrote the introduction to her famous pacifist manifesto, Between War and Peace: A Handbook for Peace Workers (1928). Lewis and Boeckel lived and worked in New York in the teens and he probably bounced passages of Main Street off them while it was still in manuscript. Well loved copy with overall wear, especially to the extremities. Interior clean.Nice association copy.
Published by New York Harcourt, Brace and Howe 1920, 1920
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 8vo, publisher s original blue cloth with orange lettering panels on the spine and upper cover lettered in blue and ruled in orange. (8), 451 pp. An unusually well preserved and handsome copy, tight and in very nice condition at the extremities. The cloth is dark and clean, the orange panels and lettering are complete and especially fresh and well preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT AMERICAN NOVEL OF THE 20TH CENTURY. MAIN STREET is important for a number of reasons among them is the portrayal of a strong female protagonist, and what one might now call feminist themes by a male writer. MAIN STREET was initially awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, but was rejected by the Board of Trustees, who overturned the jury's decision. The prize went, instead, to Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence. In 1926 Lewis refused the Pulitzer when he was awarded it for ARROWSMITH.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Hard cover. 8vo. First edition published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe. Clean unmarked text. Sound boards and binding. Light spine fade. Nice addition to any collection. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in boards. Front hinge repaired. "4" on page 54 and "y" on page 387 lightly battered.
Published by Harcourt Brace & Co, 1937
Seller: Ultra Premium Classics, Marstons Mills, MA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. Printer's Sample copy of the limited edition signed by artist Grant Wood. Gray linen with orangish yellow and blue stamping; housed in original slipcase. Slipcase missing original title label, slightly chipped, and splitting at top & bottom seams (see pic). Monthly Letter of the LEC laid in. Illustrated with nine tinted plates after drawings by Grant Wood. Printer's Sample, not for circulation stamp instead of numbered (see pic). Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
The story of Carol Kennicott. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First edition, second state (with type batter on pp. 54 and 387). Inscribed by Sinclair Lewis on front free endpaper. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 187 x 127 mm). [2, blank], [8], 451, [3, blank] pp. Inscription reads: "To Mr. + Mrs/ Will Owen Jones/ Christmas, 1920/William Allen White/ asks me to send you/this book in Christmas/ greeting- + he let/me tag along after hin!/ Sinclair Lewis/ Washington/ Dec. 1920" The inscription is probably to William Owen Jones managing editor of the Nebraska State Journal and author of the book By Land and Sea, a publication on foreign travel. Original dark blue cloth stamped in orange on front cover and spine. Spine lightly sunned and the edges of the spine and boards with a small amount of wear. Small booksellers stamp on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy. "Lewis attained fame with the publication of Main Street (1920). The book's protagonist, Carol Kennicott, a quixotic young woman determined to adopt a small prairie town and bring culture to it, moves to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, a town not unlike Sauk Centre, and is dismayed by the small-minded people who live there. Main Street is an exposé of midwestern small-town life, depicting the prejudices of America's villagers and expressing the quintessential statement of the "revolt against the village" introduced by nineteenth-century novelists such as E. W. Howe and Joseph Kirkland. Lewis's satirical wit and his skill at creating memorable characters, however, set him apart from his literary predecessors. The novel was not only a bestseller, but a cultural phenomenon, inspiring a host of similar books, jokes about small towns, a popular song ("Main Street: A Fox Trot Song"), and fan mail from a variety of readers ranging from housewives who recognized themselves in the book's protagonist to fellow authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sherwood Anderson. The novel was controversial, however, some reviewers seeing it as unfair to the small town and even unfair to the American character. In part because of its controversial nature, the novel was passed over for the Pulitzer Prize, for which it was a major contender in 1921." (American Dictionary of National Biography). Lewis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930. Pastore pp. 89-101. HBS 67992. $1,500.
Published by Harcourt Brace, 1921
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
LATER EDITION. MAIN STREET, Harcourt Brace, 1921, some light wear to the spine extremities and corner tips, else just about a vg copy. SIGNED by the author.
Published by Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1937
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Signed
Condition: Fine. Presentation copy of the limited edition signed by artist Grant Wood to the man who inspired this very edition. xviii, 367, [3] pp. Gray linen with orangish yellow and blue stamping, housed in original slipcase. Fine in Very Good+ slipcase missing original title label, slightly chipped, with Monthly Letter of the LEC laid in (small ink notation by relevant passage and penciled note). Illustrated with nine tinted plates after drawings by Grant Wood. Limited edition, copy lettered "L.L.V." (alongside 1,500 numbered copies) signed by artist Grant Wood, a special presentation copy for the former owner, whose initials are L.L.V., and who inspired this very edition with a simple letter to the publisher. Signed letter from the Director of The Limited Editions Club, George Macy, to Mr. L.L. Vance of Minneapolis mounted on rear paste down. In it Macy writes,"Today I am sending you a special copy of Main Street illustrated by Grant Wood. This is because it was your suggestion that we make this book. For some time, we could not remember who did make the suggestion originally; only the other day a member of the staff quite remarkably remembered your name. We would be glad to have your comment on the book." The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Club is laid in; in it the brief story of Vance's letter to the publisher that Main Street be illustrated by Grant Wood is relayed. Therein Vance is referred to as "Somebody living in the Middle West," his name being temporarily forgotten. A unique association copy with a serendipitous story.
Published by HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC., New York * * * * *, 1920
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BOOK: Good 4,461.97, Reduced From. Main Street; Early Edition * Lewis, Sinclair HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC. H.I.57 1920 Book: Very Good And A Little Better, Grey Cloth Cover, slight brown spot along edge of first 12 pages, with battered type on pages 54 and 387. Prior owner's name, written on front free end page. Pages have light browning from aging. D/J: Very Good, Slight tear on edge and bottom, red border along three sides of front cover, with blue and black lettering. 5½" X 8", 451 pages tight to the spine and unmarked. Note: The Publishers Name Is Different On This Edition, Making It, Probably A "True", Early Edition. This book has no graffiti inside and will make an excellent addition to your own personal library. Books like this are becoming rare and more expensive to own. Both book and dust jacket show normal shelf wear and browning from aging. This Expensive Book Is Hard To Find, Will Make An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift. "True", Early Edition. = WORLD WIDE Shipping AVAILABLE =.
Published by Harcourt, Brace, and Howe, New York, 1920
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Octavo, 451 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Later state dust jacket. Spine tan and blue with tan and blue lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Mild shelf wear. Age toning and light soiling to covers and spine. Chipping along edges. Some soiling to edges of text block, with age toning to interior pages. Later state dust jacket, with "Co." printed on spine and 24th printing on the rear. Shelved in Case 2. 1372815. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, First Printing, First State.
Published by New York Harcourt, Brace and Howe 1920, 1920
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, with 49 perfect, folio 54 complete and unbattered and the "y" in may imperfect. 8vo, publisher s original blue cloth with orange lettering panels on the spine and upper cover lettered in blue and ruled in orange. (8), 451 pp. A very handsome copy, very well preserved, tight and in pleasing condition at the extremities. The cloth is dark and clean but for a bit of age to the rear cover, the orange panels and lettering are complete and especially fresh and well preserved, some old tape residue at the rear pastedown. Overall, a pleasing and very collectable copy. FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT AMERICAN NOVEL OF THE 20TH CENTURY. A HANDSOME AND WELL PRESERVED COPY. MAIN STREET is important for a number of reasons among them is the portrayal of a strong female protagonist, and what one might now call feminist themes by a male writer. MAIN STREET was initially awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, but was rejected by the Board of Trustees, who overturned the jury's decision. The prize went, instead, to Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence. In 1926 Lewis refused the Pulitzer when he was awarded it for ARROWSMITH.
Published by Harcourt, Brace, And Howe
ISBN 10: 1199247065ISBN 13: 9781199247063
Seller: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover, no dustjacket. First Edition, first state. "Y" on page 387 and "4" on page 54 have no printer damage. The book is in Very Good condition with slight fading & edgewear to the covers. One corner frayed. 2 pages have small tears. Inside covers show offset from DJ. Laid in is Lewis' signature on a slip of ruled paper and a small photo of him from 1942. Photos upon request. Hardcover.
Published by Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1937
Book Signed
Linen. Condition: Near-Fine. No Jacket. Grant Wood (illustrator). First Thus. Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1937, 1st Edition Thus. Limited Edition #1460/1500, SIGNED boldly in ink by Illustrator Grant Wood. NOT exLib. Near-Fine or better cond. flex Linen covers w/ yellow & blue blocking & lettering on cover & spine. Original glassine wrapper present but browned, chipped & edgeworn, still 90+% intact. VG+ cond. slipcase w/ very light corner wear & sunned title block as usual. Blue eps. Fore- & bottom edges deckle-cut, top edge publisher's blue. Beautifully illustrated in muted color by Grant Wood. 367pp + Colophon page. Square, straight, tight, clean & unmarked except as noted, overall NF+ in VG+ slipcase. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1921
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
451 pp. 8vo. Publisher's blue and orange cloth in custom cloth clamshell box, with leather label. First edition; eighteenth printing (March, 1921). Good to very good; sound, but with some chipping and insect damage to the spine. Tipped to the front pastedown are an inscription, signed by Lewis, and an original photograph of contemporary vintage, which is also signed by the author.
Published by Limited Editions Club, Chicago, 1937
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Grant Wood (illustrator). Small quarto (7-1/2" x 10") bound in flexible gray linen with the spine lettered in blue on a yellow field and the front cover lettered in blue on a tan field. Designed by William Kittredge; printed and bound at the Lakeside Press. With a new introduction by the author. Illustrated with nine tinted plates after drawings by Grant Wood. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Some darkening to the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with short splits and lacking a label on the backstrip.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1920
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
[8], 451 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition, second issue. First edition, second issue. [8], 451 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Anthony Bower who really worked on Main Street while the author merely played. Sinclair Lewis Jan. 10, 1921." Pastore 7 Original blue cloth stamped orange with head and foot of spine rubbed away, spine faded and reattached.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Howe, New York, 1921
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Sm8vo. 7 5/8" by 5 3/8". Fourteenth Printing. Inscribed and with drawing by the author on the FFEP. Very good minus book, no dust jacket. Professionally repaired as to spine with original laid-on, and board edges stabilized. Navy blue cloth covered boards with orange back label, orange lettering and orange border on front panel; orange back label and lettering on spine. Boards are scuffed. Spine is sunned. External page edges are age-darkened and faintly foxed. Damp stain on the verso to the last text page (451) and the facing verso to the back free end-paper; also faintly on page 451 - see photos. Text pages are age-toned. Text block is sound. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1937
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Grant Wood (illustrator). 1st Edition. Illustrated with nine tinted plates after drawings by Grant Wood. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered 373. Bound in flexible gray linen with the spine lettered in blue on a yellow field and the front cover lettered in blue on a tan field. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1937
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. MAIN STREET, Limited Editions Club, 1947, first edition thus, just about fine in flexible cloth as issued in vg slip-case with a somewhat faded spine label which has some wear to the label edges. Contains a new seven page introduction by the author. 1/1,500 copies SIGNED by artist Grant Wood who herewith supplies 9 color illustrations.
Published by Harcourt, Brace & Howe, New York, 1920
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Octavo, 541 pages. In Very Good condition lacking dust jacket. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with orange stamping. Boards show light sun-fading to spine and rubbing to boards with binding slightly loose. Textblock is clean with light age toning, small inscription on front end page. First edition, second issue with battered '5' on page 54, and battered "y" in "may" on page 387. MA consignment. Book is shelved off the sales floor, in the upstairs office area Room B [Middle room]. 1315496. Special Collections. First Edition, First Printing, Second Issue.
Published by Limited Editions Club, Chicago, 1937
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
hardcover. Condition: near fine. Wood, Grant (illustrator). Introduction by the author. Color frontispiece and color illustrations by Grant Wood. 367pp. Short thick 4to, handsomely rebound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards, ornately gilt spine and top edge gilt. Small attracted bookplate. Chicago: The Limited Editions Club and The Lakeside Press, 1937. of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator.
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
The Limited Editions Club, 1937. 4to, xviii, 367 pp. Signed by Wood on the colophon. Gray linen boards with stamped lettering to upper cover and backstrip. A near fine copy, slightly dusty, in the original, slightly shelf worn slipcase. § Edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, Grant Wood. Special introduction by Sinclair Lewis. Printed at the Lakeside Press Chicago.
Later printing. Inscribed by the author in 1929. Recipient's bookplate; the typed letter requesting the autograph, endorsed by Lewis, is tipped in. Very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1937
Seller: Third Person Books, Elk Grove Village, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Illustrator. Very good Limited Editions Club 1937 edition in good slipcase. Slipcase has readable but imperfect label. Previous owners bookplate on front endpaper and previous booksellers small sticker on rear endpaper. Interior and illustrations nice. Cover is generally nice but spine does have some uneven rubbing. Interestingly this is flexi-bound. I think this may be the first LEC book I have seen bound that way. We use quality packaging materials (including boxes!) for shipping.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1920
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Later printing. Presentation, signed by the author. Small octavo. [8], 451pp. Blue cloth. Minor wear to spine ends, spine and covers slightly faded, else fine. Famous satirical novel of small-town America.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1922
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
451 pp. Illustrated with scenes from the motion picture by Warner Brothers. 8vo, publisher's cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Photoplay edition. A very good copy in a chipped and worn dust jacket. This copy was apparently a gift to Mrs. C. S. Sewell from Warner Brothers, as that inscription appears on the front free endpaper. The pastedown, verso and recto of the front free endpaper, and the half-title page are covered with signatures of persons apparently involved in the production of the film. Signatures of Monte Blue, who played Kennicott, and Florence Vidor, who played Carol Milford, are not present. There is a presentation inscription from Sinclair Lewis to Sewell that is secretarial.