Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis: Signed (9 results)

Editions Rombaldi 1963. Edition réalisée par les Presses du Compagnonnage réservée à la Guilde des Bibliophiles. Tirage limité imprimé sur vélin blanc. Collection des Prix Nobel de Littérature sous le patronage de l'Académie Suédoise et de la Fondation Nobel. Fort in-8 dure reliure en skaïvertex blanc signée Engel illustrée d'un dessin original de Picasso tête et titre dorés sur dos. Portrait de l'auteur illustrations gravures hors texte. 472 p. Bon état. La "petite histoire" de l'attribution du prix à l'auteur (1930); le discours de réception; la vie et l'oeuvre de Lewis; Babbitt.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by author Sinclair Lewis with an ink-self-portrait sketch on blank at front, signed 'SL', portrait in profile. First Edition, Second Issue of the novel concerning the moral dilemmas faced by the eponymous middle-class salesman; with 'Lyte' (page 49, line 4) and 'any fellow human' (page 49, line 5). Dedicated to Edith Wharton. Orignal blue cloth stamped in orange (spine darkened and spotted, some minor wear to cloth; text browned with some foxing to preliminaries, edges, and margins; no jacket). [6], 401, [7] pages.…

Hardcover. First Edition, First State. Octavo, 401 pages. In Very Good condition, lacking dust jacket. Bound in contemporary full blue cloth, with orange label and blue lettering to spine. Mild shelf wear and soiling, and mild scuffing to boards. Mild wear to crown and tail of spine. Clipped flat signature by Lewis loose within. Pages clean. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1345948. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

First edition, first issue of this famous satirical work, with "Purdy" for "Lyte" on Page 49 line 4 & "my" on line 5. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a page bound in, "To Claire Flynn with the affection of Grace & SinclairÂLewis." 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, hand-made Italian marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. With Babbitt (1922) Sinclair Lewis consolidated the reputation he had earned with his first best-selling novel, Main Street (1920). Like Main Street, Babbitt not only became a best seller, but it generated controversy, became a US cultural phenomenon, and eventually contributed a new word to the language. (Although the word âbabbittâ has come to mean a âsmugly conventional person,â George F. Babbitt is a more complex individual â" and more troubled â" than the dictionary definition would suggest.) Babbitt is the story of a middle-aged real estate broker who faces a series of psychological crises that reveal to him the emptiness of his superficially successful and prosperous life (Fleming).…

First edition, first issue of with "Purdy" for "Lyte" on Page 49 line 4 & "my" on line 5. Octavo, original cloth. With a humorous autographed letter signed from Lewis which reads, "Hartford, Connecticut Monday, Nov. 27, 1922, Louis My manly head is bowed up with grief. Either Gracie or I got balled up on dates. If your maid has a regrettable habit of being out Sunday evenings, just have some sandwiches and coffee -- we want only the light of your countenances --well, and maybe a drink. Let thy humble servant know, o master. We'll be staying at the Hotel Chatham, Vanderbilt and 48th. Yes, lez you and I lunch while I'm there. Tell Dick I agree with him. Salaams, SinclairÂLewis." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some professional restoration. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional example. With Babbitt (1922) Sinclair Lewis consolidated the reputation he had earned with his first best-selling novel, Main Street (1920). Like Main Street, Babbitt not only became a best seller, but it generated controversy, became a US cultural phenomenon, and eventually contributed a new word to the language. (Although the word âbabbittâ has come to mean a âsmugly conventional person,â George F. Babbitt is a more complex individual â" and more troubled â" than the dictionary definition would suggest.) Babbitt is the story of a middle-aged real estate broker who faces a series of psychological crises that reveal to him the emptiness of his superficially successful and prosperous life (Fleming).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Babbitt "To Bert Hoch, with the greetings of Sinclair Lewis". No D/J, Spine sunned & frayed along joints. Fair condition. First Edition, First Printing of only 9500 printed copies. First state with "Purdy" on Page 49 line 4 & "my" on line 5. Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922; no additional printings indicated, first issue of first edition with "Purdy" for "Lyte" & "my fellow human" errors on pg. 49 (Pastore, 8); 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" card bearing Sinclair Lewis' signature, dated Aug. 1, 1924, laid-in. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of boards, orange titling on spine and front board remains bold; text also very good. Dust jacket is worn with several small closed tears, chipping over head and heel of spine; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. More photos available upon request. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with "Purdy" on Page 49 line 4 & "my" on line 5. A wonderful copy. This copy is SIGNED by Sinclair Lewis on the front endpaper. This First Issue dustjacket has minor wear to the edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition, first printing with first state issue text "Purdy" on page 49. Signed by Sinclair Lewis on the front free endpaper. 401, [6] pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth stamped and blocked in bright orange. Near Fine with small tear to crown, small bubble in cloth at front board; dog-earring to 275-280 pp. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine with shallow chips at ends and lower front corner; overall toned with light creasing at top edge of rear flap; singular tape repair at verso. A nice copy of Lewis' satirical novel of middle-class conformity, set in the fictional midwestern town of Zenith. While the protagonist's boosterism and bandwagon-jumping are what the novel is famous for, his later Bohemianism (and its ultimate shallowness) is a prescient commentary on the conformity of mass nonconformity that foretold the shortcomings of 1960s counterculture. The book won Lewis the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature; rare signed. Taylor VIII; Pastore 8. Signed.…