Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1926.
Price: US$11.53 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First UK edition. Originally published in the US by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1926. Fraying at the top and bottom of the spine which is a little darkened. Some discolouration to the boards along the top and fore edges. Spine lean. Page edges browned with some scattered spotting. Endpapers heavily browned Light spotting to the succeeding pages and there are brown spots in a number of places through the book. No jacket. First printing.
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Sinclair Lewis. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926.
Price: US$11.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: See photos Apparently a first edition. Blue cloth faded, especially spine, and some white marks. All pages secure to binding, but slight tilt. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf and inside cover. No other apparent handwriting/marks in book. Not ex-library.
Seller: Lon Pen, Eatontown, NJ, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 5 X 7 inches, 308 pages. Hardcover, no DJ. Blue cloth with orange type and reverse block. Assumed first edition with 1926 copyright and no indication of reprinting. Fair condition only due to cracked spine and spotting to several pages. All pages present and binding firm. Fraying to top and bottom of spine. this book will look OK on the bookshelf but is more of a readable, than collectible, "Story of the Northern Wilds," a novel about a New York attorney who travels to Saskatchewan.
Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. MANTRAP. Harcourt Brace & Co., N.Y., 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 308pp. "A romantic and thrilling story of the Canadian Northwest."
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., New York, New York, USA, 1926.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., New York, New York, USA. 1926. Third (3rd) Printing (stated) of First Edition, published in June, 1926, the same month as the first printing. Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Text Block is straight, square, and lightly age tanned, with blue topstain and no marks of any kind. Binding is full blue cloth with orange title and author stamped on front panel and faded orange title, etc., to spine, with slight wear to head and foot of spine, and corners square but showing wear. No Dust Jacket. 5" x 7 1/2". 308 pages. A romantic adventure novel, inspired by Lewis's 1924 travels through Manitoba and Saskatchewan, in which a New York lawyer falls for a married woman in remote Saskatchewan. Made into a film later in 1926 starring Clara Bow.
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$49.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A New York City lawyer's journey into the wilderness brings unforeseen interpersonal drama. Stated third printing. No writing, marks, or underlining except for a name penciled on the front free endpaper. No bookplates. There is some slight browning and foxing to the pages. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true, and the corners are square. There is some bumping to the corners and edges of the spine. Boards have retained their blue coloring, though the spine has browned and faded a bit. Also, there appears to be a moisture stain (2" x 1-1/2") along the lower left corner of the front board and along the lower right corner of the back board. However there is no associated puckering. There is no dust jacket. This collectible, very good, first edition/third printing copy is protected with an archival mylar cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
Seller: rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. Mantrap.. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 308 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth stamped in orange. First edition. Bookplate neatly removed from front free endpaper; spine a little faded; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1926.
Price: US$54.81 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: blue and orange cloth, 308 pp, first edition, back cover stained, spine faded Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
LEWIS, Sinclair.. Mantrap.. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: 308 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth stamped in orange. First edition. Cloth slightly faded; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. MANTRAP. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1926.
Price: US$67.28 + shipping
Description: MANTRAP, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1926, first edition, a vg+ copy. (As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you).
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The volume has light to mild edge wear, is bumped at the spine ends, and the orange spine coloring is subdued. There is a small bookseller's label on the rear pastedown, some off-setting to the pastedowns and endpapers, and the pages have acquire light age toning. Accompanied by a fine, mylar sleeved, facsimile dust jacket.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Mantrap by Sinclair Lewis. Later edition, with no statement of edition or mention of later printings on the copyright page. Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, 1926. 308 pages. Binding in original dark blue cloth with orange trim. Binding is in very good plus condition, slight toning to the spine. Else a tight copy. Contents clean. 5 ¼ x 7 ½ inches. Inventory #23-054. Price: $75.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 308 pages. Publisher's cloth-covered boards good, mild wear to extremities, boards faded; contents unmarked. Lacks dust jacket. First edition, first printing. 440 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Very slight sunning on spine, near fine lacking the dust jacket. Author's eighth book under his own name, and exceptionally scarce in jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. MANTRAP. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$106.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine faded. Slight staining to foredge ; In the inimitable Lewis style, a stressed New York lawyer falls for the young, vivacious wife of another man; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1926.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 308 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Orange. First Printing. Near Fine, No Marks Or Fading.Dust Jacket Priced $2.00, Worn, Top And Bottom Of Spine Completely Chipped Away Tape Ghosts On Inside And Outside Of Dj.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace & Co, NY., 1926.
Price: US$194.74 + shipping
Description: nFINE. Blue cloth boards, counterframed titling in orange. No jacket. Mildly sunned spine. Book tight and internally FINE. A great early Sinclair Lewis book. Protective acetate cover. [B98]
Seller: Sierra Rose Antiques, Minden, NV, U.S.A.
LEWIS, SINCLAIR. MANTRAP. HARCOURT, BRACE & CO., USA, 1926.
Price: US$215.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: USA: HARCOURT, BRACE & CO., 1926. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/NO JACKET. USA: HARCOURT, BRACE & CO., 1926. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/NO JACKET. USA: HARCOURT, BRACE & CO., 1926. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/NO JACKET. Harcourt, Brace & Co., USA, 1926 hardcover, 1st edition, 3rd printing, near fine book, no jacket, not remaindered, book club or library, mylar cover, previous owner name on FEP, else unmarked, COLLECTIBLE 3RD PRINT
Seller: MySEAbooks, Harlingen, TX, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1926.
Price: US$265.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 308 pages. First edition, first printing. His eighth book under his own name. The story of a man falling in love with a married woman in the wilderness of Northern Canada. Fine book except for a touch of wear to the bottom corners. No dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. MANTRAP. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$299.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Rubbing along spine heel and panel corners. Light staining on spine and bottom of rear gutter.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Mantrap (Advance Copy). Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Advance Copy with stamp on front fly leaf. Pages clean; binding tight; Faded on the spine, but a beautiful bright near fine copy.
Seller: Ultra Premium Classics, Marstons Mills, MA, U.S.A.
Sinclair Lewis. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1926.
Price: US$349.95 + shipping
Description: Hard cover. 8vo. Clean unmarked text. Fine boards and binding. First Edition, June 1926 printing. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Modest overall wear, some stains on the rear board, an about very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Stamped "Advance Copy" on the front fly. Author's eighth book under his own name.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1926.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Pages clean; binding tight; heavy wear & losses to dustjacket. 308 pages. Original $2.00 price in upper right corner of inner front flap of dj. Dustjacket has suffered multiple abrasions & chipping, with a 1" x 2.5" triangle missing from the lower left corner of rear panel, a 0.25" gouge missing from the "l" in Sinclair on the dj spine, edgewear & tears. Detailed scans of the dustjacket are available upon request. Size: 5.5" x 7.5"
Seller: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.
Lewis, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt Brace, NY, 1926.
Price: US$799.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Medium blue cloth stamped in orange. First edition. Spine foot gently bumped. Very slightly canted. "Advance copy" stamped to ffep. Faint tape ghost to rear board probably offset from taped DJ. Else unmarked, sound binding. The DJ in mylar with flap price of $2.00 intact has taped closed tears to rear panel, chipping at points, toning to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. Mantrap.. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1926.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: 308 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A near fine copy in a jacket with some significant chipping, particularly at the top of the spine, where most of the title and part of the author's first name is gone. Still, a presentable copy of an extremely scarce book in dust jacket.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair. Mantrap. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in an edgeworn, about very good dustwrapper with chipping at the extremities, particularly at the crown and with a large, but relatively faint dampstain. Author's eighth book under his own name, and exceptionally scarce in jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Sinclair.. Mantrap.. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1926.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Description: 308 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A bright, near fine copy in a very attractive jacket with a few short closed tears and one tiny chip at the top of the spine, not affecting any lettering. The nicest example we have handled.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
LEWIS, SINCLAIR.. Mantrap. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1926, 1926.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a tiny chip at the top of the spine; very minor wear and some short tears. An exceptional copy; in a custom clamshell box. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.