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Lewis, Sinclair. MAIN STREET. The Limited Editions Club, Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1937.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated by Grant Wood. Hardcover. Limited edition #1320 of 1500 copies. SIGNED by Grant Wood. Quarto. 10 x 8". 367pp. A good copy with clean interior, in original grey flexible boards. Cover darkened on spine and edges. In fair, worn and taped slipcase with darkened spine and edges.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrations by Grant Wood, 10 x 7.75", limp cloth, 367pp, covers a little rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and worn, former owner's bookplate inside front cover (abraded) else a nice copy in a darkended, worn, torn and incomplete slipcase. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #880), SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, GRANT WOOD.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Main Street. The Limited Edition Club, Chicago, IL, 1937.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Ink & Quill Books, Oak Harbor, OH, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Main Street. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1937.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: #493 of 1500 copies, an early and collectable release by The Limited Editions Club. A Near fine copy, some slight browning of the spine, bookplate on front endpaper otherwise pristine internally. VG original slipcase, some stains on outside. 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
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
LEWIS, Sinclair. Main Street. Limited Editions Club, Chicago, 1937.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Introduction by the author. Color frontispiece and color illustrations by Grant Wood. 367pp. Short thick 4to, cloth with printed spine label (spine somewhat darkened and rubbed; one corner very slightly bumped; 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.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Lewis, SInclair. Main Street. The Limited Editions Club, Chicago, 1937.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: #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.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. MAIN STREET. Limited Editions Club, Chicago, 1937.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: 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
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Main Street Limited Editions Club. Limited Editions Club, 1937.
Price: US$549.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Third Person Books, Elk Grove Village, IL, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Main Street. Limited Editions Club, Chicago, 1937.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair & Wood, Grant. MAIN STREET. Limited Editions Club, 1937.
Price: US$622.45 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Main Street. Limited Editions Club, 1937.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. MAIN STREET. Limited Editions Club, Chicago, 1937.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 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
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Main Street illustrated & signed by Grant Wood. Harcourt Brace & Co, 1937.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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).
Seller: Ultra Premium Classics, Marstons Mills, MA, U.S.A.