Main by Sinclair Lewis, Signed (34 results)

Hardcover. First Edition thus / Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1500 copies signed by Grant Wood. Quarto, gray cloth over flexible boards. Printed on tan paper at the Lakeside Press, Chicago. Illustrated throughout with nine striking brown and blue illustrations by Wood. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. Very good copy in original slipcase, the spine label of the slipcase faded. First Edition thus / Signed Limited Edition. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Near fine copy, no bookplates or names, apparently unread in cardboard slipcase that has been tape repaired at the seams and around the paper label on the slipcase. Signed by Illustrator(s).

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).

hardcover. Condition: very good. Wood, Grant (illustrator). Limited. Introduction by the author. Color frontispiece and color illustrations by Grant Wood. 367 pages. Short thick 4to, limp gray cloth with printed label (spine darkened and somewhat rubbed; internally fine). Chicago: The Limited Editions Club and The Lakeside Press, 1937. A very good copy, lacking the slipcase. of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator.

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. Blue-gray cloth hardcover with thin boards that are almost flexible; title panels on front and spine; illustrations in tans and blues; limited edition 1393/1500; signed by Grant Wood. Book in very good plus condition: spine mildly sunned and slightly scuffed; slight fading to top edge of text block; otherwise in excellent condition. Slipcase in poor condition: missing top; splits; mild soiling. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.

Set Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. Large 8vo. Limited edition, 1 of 1,500 copies. SIGNED by Grant Wood on the limitation page at the rear of the book. Top edge painted. Deckled edges. Illustrated throughout. Signifigant sunning and uneven darkening to spine. Light scraping to spine. Slight wear to spine ends and corners of boards. Some uneven darkening to pastedowns. Small patch of creasing to bottom right corner of pastedown. Slight burnthrough to area surrounding pastedown gutter. Bottom of slipcase completely detached at one end. Considerable uneven darkening to slipcase. Signifigant bumping, scraping, and chipping to slipcase, with spine label largely worn away at edges and paper peeling off of slipcase to reveal board beneath in numerous places. Noticeable patch of dampstaining to top of slipcase spine. Small open tears to slipcase at top open corners. VG in G slipcase. Illustrator.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Later Edition. 31st printing. Signed by the author on the endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Grant Wood (illustrator). 1st Edition. Size: 9.75"x 7.75", 367 pages. Gray cloth with blue lettering. Spine has browned, no slipcase. This is 1,150 of 1,500. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Limited Edition, #383/1500. 4to, 367pp.; VG; spine gray with a green label and blue lettering; bound in gray cloth over flexible boards; top edge of text block stained gray; text block uncut; no slipcase; this in number 383 of 1500 signed by illustrator Grant Wood; GP consignment; shelved case 9 3/4. 1260377. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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 #380 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Bookplate on front pastedown. Spine a little sunned. Still Near Fine in a darkened but solid slipcase lacking the label on the backstrip.

Hardcover. Condition: F. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 406 pages; Signed by Illustrator. Fine. #768 of 1500 copies, an early and collectable release by The Limited Editions Club. A fine copy, some slight browning of the spine, pristine internally. VG+ original slipcase. Special introduction by the author and color drawings by Grant Wood, who also signed this edition. Book designed by William A Kittredge and printed and bound by The Lakeside Press. Set in monotype Caslon on Arak paper with a flexible binding in full gray linen. 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 406 pages. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Later printing. Presentation, signed by the author. Small octavo. [8], 451pp. Blue cloth. Minor wear to spine ends, spine and covers slightly faded,previous owner's bookplate, else fine. Famous satirical novel of small-town America. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Number 399 of 1500 copies. With a new introduction by Lewis. Approx. 7 ¾ in. x 10 in. 367 pages plus colophon page. Signed by Grant Wood, illustrator. Nine color illustrations. Grey cloth over flexible boards. Top-edge stained bluish-gray. Titling on the spine and front panel. In a slipcase with a title label on the spine. The book covers and spine show some scattered tan-spotting. The slipcase shows fading to the title label. Weight is 3 lbs. Signed by Illustrator(s).

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).

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Lewis with a self-portrait drawing: 'To my hostess, Mrs. John Frank, with the gratitude of Sinclair Lewis (self-portrait in profile)'. Rebound in blue cloth, original front cover laid down; with a fine example of a facsimile first edition jacket. This is the first edition, 14th printing (February, 1921). [8]+451 pages.

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. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition. 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 husbandâs home-town, Carol is horrified to find herself living in an ugly, back-water community. A satiric depiction of Carolâs attempt to raise the inhabitants of Gopher Prairie to her own smug level, Main Street is one of Sinclair Lewisâs most significant works.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Limited Edition. #7338/1500 Numbered copies (on the colophon). A Fine copy in grey flexible cloth, glassine wrapper (browned), in a Very Good original slipcase, with spine label (faded), two edges of open end starting. SIGNED by the Illustrator Grant Wood on the colophon. 367pp. Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the Lakeside Press, Chicago. The illustrations are among the finest in the LEC catalogue. Main Street was Lewis's signature work. Nobel Prize winner. Q22412 Flexible boards in publisher's slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Later printing. Hardcover in navy blue cloth. INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, "To Mrs Maud Currie with a thousand thanks for her care/ Sinclair Lewis/ N.Y Nov. 9, 1931". Later printing. a tight, very good example with rubbing to the gilt spine lettering. In the original dust jacket, chipped about the edges (see photo), carrying on the front panel the statement "First American To Receive The Nobel Prize For Literature" and on the rear panel an advert for "Nobel Prize Edition/ the Novels of Sinclair Lewis" with titles through "Dodsworth".

31st printing. Photoplay edition illustrated with stills from the film version which appeared the following year. Octavo. pp [viii], 451. Period binding by Bumpus of full red calf with raised bands, gilt rules, all edges gilt.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the first blank: ''Dear Betty, I love you - Sinclair Lewis''. The recipient is Mrs Sturges Riddle, and the inscription was probably made in 1949 when he first met her in Florence where her husband was Pastor of the American Church. The Beinecke Library has some ecclesiastically satirical typed limericks by Lewis, dating from that year, addressed to Mrs Riddle (''To Betty - darling!'') and written ex tempore.Front inner hinge cracking. Some rubbing to edges of covers. Spine slightly dull. Very good.

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 husbandâs home-town, Carol is horrified to find herself living in an ugly, back-water community. A satiric depiction of Carolâs attempt to raise the inhabitants of Gopher Prairie to her own smug level, Main Street is one of Sinclair Lewisâs 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. Uncommon signed. Signed by Author(s).

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).

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.

Hardcover. 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. Signed by Lewis on a slip of ruled paper that is laid in. Also a photo of him dated 1942. 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. Photos upon request. Hardcover.

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.

Grant Wood (illustrator). Limited. Cloth in slipcase, very good with slight toning and shelf wear in good age toned, scuffed and partly split slipcase. One of 1500 copies Signed by Artist Grant Wood. Signed by Illustrator.

#559 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, Grant Wood. With the scarce publisher's newsletter laid in. Very good with some foxing on the spine, 1 short closed tear on one illustration in a very good slipcase, wirh paper label faded and slightly frayed at the edges of the label. Short separations at slipcase opening.

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.