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1942015223Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co. 1942 Chicago: Whitman 1942. Second printing of 1940 first edition. 8vo. Cloth binding illustrated throughout with two four-color plates ten black and white plates and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Colorful illustrated endpapers illustrated half-title title copyright and dedication pages 255 pp. A historical novel that takes place on the Mississippi River during the War between the States United States Civil War. Part of the Young American Library written for young people. Dust jacket has wear to extremities. Book is pristine. Fine in near fine dust jacket protected with a mylar cover. Albert Whitman & Co. hardcover
033499New York/London Routledge 2008. XX 684 p. Hardcover In good condition. New York/London, Routledge 2008 hardcover
1698700962.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2234063825.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1957M9043London:: H. K. Lewis 1957 1959. 1957. Thick 8vo. xii 1178 306 pp. Alphabetical list of items index. Modern full gilt stamped brown cloth; ex-library with usual marks including rubber stamps spine label removed pockets. Very good. Revised edition. Includes supplement for 1957-59. H. K. Lewis, 1957, 1959. hardcover books
28091Liverpool: Lewis's. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. N.D. Softcover. Wraps are soiled and the catalog is slightly musty. Obviously dates to around 1900-1910. If you've seen photos of the employees on the Titanic they were wearing this stuff. Contents are very good . ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 72 pages . Lewis's paperback
19251262761925. First Edition. Signed. LEWIS Sinclair. Arrowsmith. New York: Harcourt Brace 1925. Octavo original buckram spine blue paper boards original printed paper label top edge gilt uncut. Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. $14000.Signed limited first edition of what many consider Lewis' greatest novel number 1 of only 500 large-paper copies signed by him. An excellent association copy owned by Ellen Knowles Eayrs-Harcourt wife of Lewis' publisher Alfred Harcourt who in a page and a half inscription describes advancing Lewis and his friend science writer Paul de Kruif $1000 from her personal account for de Kruif to get married before the two men set out for a year-long trip to research the book that would become Arrowsmith with the check she made out to de Kruif endorsed on the verso by both Lewis and de Kruif tipped to the front pastedown.""Using for his theme the losing fight made by two men with whom scientific truth is religion Mr. Lewis draws a picture for us that is disquieting in its disillusionment Arrowsmith is a pagan novel for a pagan world an authentic step forward"" Books of the Century 63-64. Although Arrowsmith was awarded the Pulitzer Prize Lewis declined the honor purportedly because Main Street 1921 had not been so honored. His rejection however also secured front-page status for this satire of the medical profession in the nation's newspapers. While Lewis is credited as the sole author he was greatly assisted in its preparation by science writer Paul de Kruif who received 25% of the royalties on sales. Adapted to the screen in 1931 by director John Ford.This is the copy of Ellen Knowles Eayrs wife of Lewis' publisher Alfred Harcourt. In 1922 when the events Eayrs recounts in her inscription occurred she was Harcourt's secretary; she and Harcourt did not marry until 1924 the year prior to this novel's publication after Harcourt's first wife committed suicide in 1923. In this copy Eayrs has penciled a lengthy inscription on the front free endpaper recto and verso: ""When Red Lewis planned to write a novel about a scientist he persuaded Paul de Kruif who was just leaving the Rockefeller Institute to spend a year with him roaming around the West Indies South America & Europe so that the book should have genuine scientific material and point of view. Paul at the time was engaged to Rhea Barbarin who was living in Michigan and was anxious to marry her before he left but he hadn't a cent to his name. Three days before Red & Paul were to sail they blew into the Harcourt Brace office to see if they could get an advance immediately so that he could take a 2:30 train to Michigan. No officer of the firm was in so I gave them my personal check which both of them endorsed and Paul got the cash from the Fifth Ave. Bank in New York City. He & Rhea were married on my $1000 and have certainly lived happily ever afterward. EKE-EKH."" ""EKH"" indicating that she wrote this inscription at some point after marrying Harcourt. With the original check for $1000 endorsed on the verso by both Lewis and de Kruif tipped to the front pastedown. Issued on the same day as the stated second first trade edition. Without scarce glassine and slipcase. With spare paper spine label tipped to rear flyleaf. Pastore 9. Bruccoli & Clark III:213. With Eayrs' penciled signature on the front flyleaf.Front inner paper hinge expertly reinforced text clean light rubbing to board edges slight toning to spine. An extremely good copy with an appealing association. hardcover
194529848New York: Random House 1945. First Edition book club issue. 8vo publisher’s original gray cloth gilt-lettered and framed in navy. 390 pp. A near fine copy the cloth fresh and clean. In the dust jacket which has some edgewear though still complete and attractive. <br> FIRST EDITION BOOK CLUB ISSUE. ATTRACTIVE COPY. "This the nineteenth novel by Sinclair Lewis is the intense story of a marriage. It is a romance of our time written with unsparing realism and satire yet with tenderness and maturity of understanding. Here are passion and struggle between a man and a woman bound together by the torments of jealousy and the quiet of their unity." - publisher Random House hardcover
1929007490NY: HARCOURT BRACE 1929. FIRST . Hardcover. Very Good/NoNE. N/A. BOOK SHOWS PUBLISHED MARCH 1929 SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT UNMARKED PRIVATELY OWNED BOUND IN BLUE WITH COMPLETE ORANGE LETTERING AND LETTERBOXES A TRUE FIRST CORNERS SHOW LIGHT FRAYING WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE CLEAN TEXTBLOCK SOME LIGHT SCRATCHES IN ORANGE LETTERBOX ON FRONT COVER A FAIRLY WELL PRESERVED COPY THAT HAS SEEN SOME USE BUT REMAINS A VERY NICE FIRST <br/> <br/> HARCOURT BRACE hardcover
192929878New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1929. First edition first issue. 8vo bound in the publisher's original navy blue cloth lettered and framed in orange. 377 pp. A very well preserved and handsome copy the cloth with a bit of mellowing to the orange but the blue still nice and dark and unfaded internally quite fresh the paper only lightly toned at the edges as is common. FIRST EDITION OF THE NOVEL CALLED LEWIS' "MOST SYMPATHETIC YET MOST SAVAGE. MOST REAL. AND THE TRUEST PICTURE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS." It has often been compared to the works of Henry James for its highlighting of the differences between American and European manners and morals. The novel includes detailed descriptions of travel by ocean liner and tours throughout Europe. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
192930035Jonath Cape 1929. 8vo. First Edition thus; blue cloth gilt back one or two light fade-marks on covers else a remarkably bright fresh copy. The UK edition is considerably scarcer than its US counterpart. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Jonath Cape, hardcover
1927355490717718London: Cape 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's mid-blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine and Cape logo blind-stamped to the back board. Dark-blue top edge. Offsetting to both sets of end-papers other wise a VG/near fine copy in like 7/6 net D/W with just a hint of spine fade. A nicer copy than normally seen of this iconic book and the basis for the movie of the same name directed by Richard Brooks and starring Burt Reynolds Jean Simmons and Arthur Kennedy which won three Oscars. Photographs/scans available upon request. A very nice copy indeed. Cape hardcover
ria9783387000023_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision. paperback
ria9783387000030_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision. hardcover
ria9783368300029_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original. paperback
193734364Chicago: At the Lakeside Press for Members of the Limited Editions Club 1937. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. This is one of 1500 hand-numbered copies signed by Grant Wood. With nine colour plates printed in soft hues and sepia tones from drawings by Grant Wood. 4to in the original flexible gray-blue linen the spine and upper cover stamped in yellow and blue in the original rarely retained glassine wrapper and publisher's tan paper-covered slipcase with gray paper label printed in blue. xvii 367 1 pp. The book is in very fine condition essentially pristine and as new the slipcase solid and strong and nearly without wear though there is a bit to the paper label and some fading to the blue-on-gray lettering as is always the case only the rare glassine wrapper has wear and this includes chipping to the edges and some loss to the glassine. LIMITED EDITION OF SINCLAIR LEWIS' MASTERPIECE WITH NINE PROVOCATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GRANT WOOD WHO HAS SIGNED THE EDITION OF ONLY 1500 COPIES.<br> MAIN STREET is a highly important American novel satirizing small-town life in the early 20th century. It 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. Highly acclaimed upon publication it led in part to Lewis' eventual 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature. MAIN STREET was also 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.<br> Grant Wood was an exceptional choice to provide illustrations for Main Steet being best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest such as "American Gothic" an iconic work of early 20th-century American art and one of the most famous American paintings of all time. Several of the illustrations are portraits of Gopher Prairie's inhabitants. At the Lakeside Press for Members of the Limited Editions Club unknown
192029992New York: Harcourt Brace and Howe 1920. 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. Harcourt, Brace and Howe hardcover
192030367New York: Harcourt Brace and Howe 1920. 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. Harcourt, Brace and Howe hardcover
1920003759NY: HARCOURT BRACE AND CO. 1920. EARLY EDITON NOT A FIRST . Hardcover. Very Good/NoNE. N/A. COPYRIGHT PAGE STATES COPYRIGHT 1920 NO OTHER DATES DODSWORTH IS MENTIONED WITH AUTHORS OTHER BOOKS THIS IS PRE WAR I BELIEVE AS IT IS BOUND IN BLUE WITH ORANGE TO GOLD LETTERBOX ON SPINE SOLID CLEAN AND UNMARKED <br/> <br/> HARCOURT BRACE AND CO. hardcover
1965004208NORWALK CT.: EASTON PRESS 1965. FIRST. . LEATHER. MINT/NoNE. WOOD GRANT. COLLLECTOR'S LIBRARY OF FAMOUS EDITIONS BEAUTIFUL LEATHER BINDING AND GILT EDGES ENDPAPERS ARE MOIRE FABRIC WITH SILK RIBBON 4 RINGS ON SPINE AN OUTSTANDING COPY COMPLETE AND UNMARKED SAVE FOR A TINY BOOKSTORE STICKER INSIDE A GRAND BOOK <br/> <br/> EASTON PRESS hardcover
192634723New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1926. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original blue cloth the spine and upper cover with orange panels lettered in blue. 308 pp. A very good copy the spine panel lightly faded. First Edition. Mantrap is the story of New York lawyer Ralph Prescott's journey into the wilds of Saskatchewan and of his adventures there. The novel spawned two separate film adaptations Mantrap 1926 and Untamed 1940. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1938042158Jonathan Cape 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Binding secure. Light brown cloth a bit 'handled'. Owner name. Dustwrapper complete one or two small closed tears. Smart in new Brodart plastic overwrapper. <br/> <br/> Jonathan Cape hardcover
193431640Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1934. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original bright blue cloth with gilt laurel leaves on the upper cover in gilt within a blind embossed series of panels the spine gilt lettered with blind embossed rules; in the original colour pictorially decorated dustjacket. 452 pp. A handsome and well preserved copy the text is quite fine clean and fresh the cloth bright with vivid gilt essentially without wear but with a little mellowing to the colour at the head of the spine. The jacket is uncommon and is also well preserved just a touch of fading at the spine panel and with some expected edgewear a few closed tears have been neatly repaired on the verso. FIRST EDITION SINCLAIR LEWIS IN DUSTJACKET. This book was quite well produced for a Depression Era printing and has thus survived much better than is typical for American books of the '30s. In this "living pageant of our times" Lewis presents the unending American pursuit of perfection and success through a multigenerational family of hoteliers. As we follow them from a tiny rural guest house to one of the largest hotels in the world we are shown a great panorama of America filled with both sympathy and vitriol. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. hardcover
Q16A-wrc1347Liss. Collectible - Like New. First edition copy. Collectible - Like New. Very Good dust jacket. Volume 13. Inquire if you need further information. Gach Liss unknown books
Q16A-wrc0952Liss. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Volume 13. Inquire if you need further information. Gach Liss unknown books
